CVE-2004-1184 Command injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in EPSF pipe support, requiring immediate patching of the enscript utility.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-1184?
CVE-2004-1184 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Redhat Fedora Core, published on 29 Jan 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The EPSF pipe support in enscript 1.6.3 allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1184?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Gnu Enscript, Redhat Fedora Core, Sgi Propack, Suse Suse Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1184?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2004-1184 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1184 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Fedora Core
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1184, GHSA-m3q3-jjv2-53w5.