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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

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.04639

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Public exploit or PoC is available
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

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Affected Products & Versions

5

apple cups<= 1.3.9
apple mac os x< 10.5.6
apple mac os x server< 10.5.6
opensuseall versions
debian linuxall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

2

dosCUPS 1.3.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Add RSS Subscription) Remote Crashverified

pocwww.exploit-db.com · 7150www.exploit-db.com

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Scoring & Timeline

7.5

HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · security@ubuntu.com

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD21 Nov 2008 · 02:30 AM

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

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Vendor Advisories

2

rhsaRHSA-2008:1029Moderate

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References & Sources

20

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0dayBroken Link

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlMailing List

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.htmlMailing List

http://secunia.com/advisories/33937Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/43521Broken Link

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438Third Party Advisory

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http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176Third Party Advisory

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

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

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

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

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

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.htmlBroken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422Broken Link

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535Broken Link

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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586Broken Link

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