Upstream information

CVE-2008-1688 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 377562 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 m4 Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 m4 Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 m4 Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 m4 Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.5 m4 Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.6 m4 Analysis
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 m4 Analysis
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 m4 Analysis
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 m4 Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 m4 Analysis
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 m4 Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 m4 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS m4 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 m4 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL m4 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS m4 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 m4 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 m4 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 m4 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 m4 Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 m4 Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 m4 Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 m4 Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 m4 Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 m4 Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 m4 Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 m4 Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 m4 Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 m4 Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 m4 Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 m4 Unsupported
openSUSE Leap 15.3 m4 Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.4 m4 Analysis
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 m4 Analysis
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 m4 Analysis
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 m4 Analysis
Container Status
bci/spack m4Analysis


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 03:42:15 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 20 21:14:00 2024