Bug 441877 (CVE-2008-1688) - CVE-2008-1688 m4: code execution via -F argument
Summary: CVE-2008-1688 m4: code execution via -F argument
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2008-1688
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-04-10 17:01 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2021-11-12 19:49 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-04-15 07:29:29 UTC
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Description Tomas Hoger 2008-04-10 17:01:00 UTC 
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-1688 to the following vulnerability:

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:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/1
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/m4-announce/2008-04/msg00000.html
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.510612
http://secunia.com/advisories/29671

Upstream patch:
http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=m4.git;a=commit;h=035998112737e52cb229e342913ef404e5a51040
Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2008-04-15 07:29:29 UTC 
Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue.
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