CVE-2008-5183
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 9.21 % · percentile 95 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- canonical
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
- http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2008-5161
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2008-5183
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTA-2009-AVI-068 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Apple Mac OS X · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 1.3.9cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.5.6cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.5.6cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |