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Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2008-5183

HIGH7.5

cupsd in CUPS 1

Published Nov 21, 2008

Modified 1 years ago

No fix available

Details

cupsd in CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by adding a large number of RSS Subscriptions, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this issue can be triggered remotely by leveraging CVE-2008-5184.

References

WEBhttp://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day ADVISORYhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33937 ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/43521 WEBhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176 WEBhttp://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028 WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3 WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4 WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1 ADVISORYhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.html WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419 WEBhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396 WEBhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422 WEBhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535 WEBhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241 WEBhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684 WEBhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586 ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5183 DETECTIONhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

7.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

7.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedNov 21, 2008

ModifiedAug 7, 2024

CVE-2008-5183 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence