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Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1670-1)

🗓️ 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'enscript' package(s)

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61933");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-3863", "CVE-2008-4306", "CVE-2008-5078");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-12-03 17:25:22 +0000 (Wed, 03 Dec 2008)");
  script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1670-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB4");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-1670-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2008/DSA-1670-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1670");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'enscript' package(s) announced via the DSA-1670-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Enscript, a converter from ASCII text to Postscript, HTML or RTF. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2008-3863

Ulf Harnhammer discovered that a buffer overflow may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2008-4306

Kees Cook and Tomas Hoger discovered that several buffer overflows may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.4-11.1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny) and the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.4-13.

We recommend that you upgrade your enscript package.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'enscript' package(s) on Debian 4.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "DEB4") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"enscript", ver:"1.6.4-11.1", rls:"DEB4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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01 Feb 2024 00:00Current
7.6High risk
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CVSS 29.3
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