CVE-2008-0596

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0596
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-26 00:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMemory leak in CUPS before 1.1.22, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via a large number of requests to add and remove shared printers.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.17 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.22 All All All
Operating System Redhat Desktop 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux as_3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux as_4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux es_3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux es_4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux ws_3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux ws_4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat update for cups - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rPath update for cups - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
About Security Update 2008-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.info.apple.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2283 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
SUSE update for cups - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 Security Update 2008-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0091 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
CUPS Bugs in Adding/Deleting Shared Printers Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
ASA-2008-084 (RHSA-2008-0153) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0091 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: cups (SUSE-SA:2008:012) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
CUPS Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
ASA-2008-098 (RHSA-2008-0161) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:050 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2008-0596 MITRE access.redhat.com
Bug 433825 – CVE-2008-0596 cups: memory leak handling IPP browse requests MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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