CVE-2008-1688 Affecting m4 package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
2.1% (89th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-M4-517010
- published 9 Apr 2008
- disclosed 9 Apr 2008
Introduced: 9 Apr 2008
CVE-2008-1688 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:11
m4
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream m4
package and not the m4
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:11
relevant fixed versions and status.
Unspecified vulnerability in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to improper handling of filenames specified with the -F option. NOTE: it is not clear when this issue crosses privilege boundaries.
References
- ADVISORY
- http://osvdb.org/44272
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.510612
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1151/references
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41704
- OSS security Advisory
- OSS security Advisory
- Secunia Advisory
- Secunia Advisory
- Security Focus
- X-force Vulnerability Report