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CVE-2008-5183

Date: November 20, 2008

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.

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (25)

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586

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

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

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422

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

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-5183

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

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5183

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

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

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535

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

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

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

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

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684

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

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

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5183

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176

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

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/43521

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-5183

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2008-5183

Date: November 20, 2008

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CVSS v3.1

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