CVE-2008-0882

Description

Double free vulnerability in the process_browse_data function in CUPS 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted UDP Browse packets to the cupsd port (631/udp), related to an unspecified manipulation of a remote printer. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 23.08% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9625 signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29485 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29251 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28994 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433758
http://secunia.com/advisories/29120 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2656
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00000.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00792.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00832.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0157.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019473 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-598-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:050 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29132 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0623 vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:051 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29634 third party advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://secunia.com/advisories/29067 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27906 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1530 vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-01.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29603 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-0882?
CVE-2008-0882 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-0882?
To fix CVE-2008-0882, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-0882 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-0882 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~23% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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