National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5183

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241

Hyperlink:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241

External Source: XF

Name: cups-rss-dos(46684)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46684

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021396

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396

External Source: BID

Name: 32419

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:1029

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20081120 Re: CVE request: CUPS DoS via RSS subscriptions

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20081119 Re: CVE request: CUPS DoS via RSS subscriptions

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20081119 CVE request: CUPS DoS via RSS subscriptions

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 7150

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/7150

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:028

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/

Hyperlink:http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0422

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2009/0422

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33937

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33937

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2008:026

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2009-02-12

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day

Hyperlink:http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day