CVE-2008-1688

Description

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.

Affected products

• gnu / m41.4.1 – 1.4.1
• gnu / m41.4.2 – 1.4.2
• gnu / m41.4.3 – 1.4.3
• gnu / m41.4.4 – 1.4.4
• gnu / m41.4.5 – 1.4.5
• gnu / m41.4.6 – 1.4.6
• gnu / m41.4.7 – 1.4.7
• gnu / m41.4.8 – 1.4.8
• gnu / m41.4.9 – 1.4.9
• gnu / m41.4.10 – 1.4.10

References

• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1151/references
• MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41704
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28688
• MISChttp://osvdb.org/44272
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/29671
• MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/3
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/29729
• MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/1
• MISChttp://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.510612