CVE-2008-5183

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.

CVSS breakdown

Affected products

• Apple / cups1.3.9
• Apple / mac_os_x10.5.6
• Apple / mac_os_x_server10.5.6
• Debian / debian_linux5.0 – 5.0
• Debian / debian_linux6.0 – 6.0
• openSUSE / opensuse11.0 – 11.0

References

• EXPLOIThttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33937
• MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586
• MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1
• MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3
• MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
• MISChttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396
• MISChttp://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419
• MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/43521
• MISChttp://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day
• MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028
• MISChttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241