13156 : GNU Enscript Multiple Unspecified Overflows DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2005-01-21

Description

GNU Escript contains multiple non-descript overflows that may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition. No further details have been provided.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, respective linux vendors have released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

GNU	Enscript	1.6.1
		1.6.0
		1.5.0
		1.4.0
		1.6.2

References

Security Tracker: 1012965
Related OSVDB ID: 13154 13155
Secunia Advisory ID: 13968 13973 13975 14048 14105 14109 14229 14259 14352 35074
CVE ID: 2004-1186 (see also: NVD)
Other Advisory URL: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050202-01-U.asc http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-03.xml
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:033
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-039.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-654
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-68-1

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-20 | Disagree?

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