CVE-2009-0949

Public Exploit

Description

The ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS before 1.3.10 does not properly initialize memory for IPP request packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a scheduler request with two consecutive IPP_TAG_UNSUPPORTED tags.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 15.38% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35169 vdb entry exploit broken link third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1811 vendor advisory broken link third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35340 vendor advisory broken link third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9631 signature vdb entry broken link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500972 issue tracking
http://secunia.com/advisories/35342 vendor advisory broken link third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50926 third party advisory vdb entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html vendor advisory mailing list
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-780-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/AppleCUPS-null-pointer-vulnerability third party advisory exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/35328 vendor advisory broken link third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1082.html vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685 third party advisory broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html vendor advisory mailing list
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504032/100/0/threaded broken link mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1083.html vendor advisory broken link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022321 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/35322 vendor advisory broken link third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-0949?
CVE-2009-0949 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-0949?
To fix CVE-2009-0949, 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-2009-0949 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-0949 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~15% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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