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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2008-5183 EUVD-2008-5161GHSA-9pqm-v858-jg26

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 …

Published Nov 21, 2008 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by canonical

Package: cups Ecosystem: Debian

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 cups 1.3.9-13 —
Debian 13 cups 1.3.9-13 —
Debian 12 cups 1.3.9-13 —
Debian 5.0 cups 1.3.8-1+lenny9 DSA-2176-1

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 5 cups +3 1:1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3 RHSA-2008:1029

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 2

References