CVE-2008-1688

NameCVE-2008-1688
DescriptionUnspecified 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
m4 (PTS)jessie1.4.17-4vulnerable
stretch1.4.18-1vulnerable
buster1.4.18-2vulnerable
bullseye1.4.18-5vulnerable
bookworm1.4.19-3vulnerable
sid, trixie1.4.19-4vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
m4source(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

The file name is passed through a cmdline argument and m4 doesn't run with
elevated privileges.

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