CVE-2008-5183

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.5 High

Status

Modified - security@ubuntu.com

Published

2008-11-21

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected products

• Cups (Apple)
• Mac Os X (Apple)
• Mac Os X Server (Apple)
• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Opensuse (Opensuse)

References

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