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CVE-2008-5183
Published: Nov 21, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
7150
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
33937
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10586
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
[oss-security] 20081120 Re: CVE request: CUPS DoS via RSS subscriptions
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[oss-security] 20081119 CVE request: CUPS DoS via RSS subscriptions
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[oss-security] 20081119 Re: CVE request: CUPS DoS via RSS subscriptions
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
x_refsource_CONFIRM
APPLE-SA-2009-02-12
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_APPLE
DSA-2176
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
1021396
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/
x_refsource_MISC
ADV-2011-0535
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
ADV-2009-0422
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
32419
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
RHSA-2008:1029
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
43521
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day
x_refsource_MISC
cups-rss-dos(46684)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
SUSE-SR:2008:026
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
MDVSA-2009:028
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241
x_refsource_CONFIRM
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