CVE-2008-5183

Public Exploit

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.97% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5183?
CVE-2008-5183 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-5183?
To fix CVE-2008-5183, 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-2008-5183 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-5183 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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