PT-2008-3234 · Gnu+1 · Gnu M4+1

Patrick J. Volkerding · Published 2008-04-09 · Updated 2025-08-19 · CVE-2008-1688

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU m4 versions prior to 1.4.11

Description The issue is related to improper handling of filenames specified with the -F option, which might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code. It is not clear when this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.4.11, update to version 1.4.11 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1688

ECHO-2A21-79F8-F2C6

Affected Products

Debian

Gnu M4

References · 14

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1688 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-1688 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29671 · Vendor Advisory
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.510612 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29729 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1688 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2008-1688 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1688 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/3 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41704 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28688 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1151/references · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/1 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/44272 · Note