CVE-2008-0596

Summary

CVECVE-2008-0596
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-26 00:44:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 02:18:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-399

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
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 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
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

References

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