CVE-2008-5183

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5183
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-21 02:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptioncupsd 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-476 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apple Cups All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE request: CUPS DoS via RSS subscriptions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug #298241 “Apple CUPS Daemon: unauthenticated SIGSEGV crash vi...” : Bugs : cups package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Issue Tracking
Debian update for cups - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
CUPS 'cupsd' RSS Subscriptions NULL Pointer Dereference Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: CVE request: CUPS DoS via RSS subscriptions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List
Pwning Ubuntu via CUPS | GNUCITIZEN af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gnucitizen.org Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2176-1 cups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CUPS 0day ‎(Information Security Laboratory‎) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lab.gnucitizen.org Broken Link
oss-security - CVE request: CUPS DoS via RSS subscriptions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
CUPS RSS Subscription Null Pointer Dereference Lets Local Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
About the security content of Security Update 2009-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2009-02-12 Security Update 2009-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
CUPS 1.3.7 CSRF (add rss subscription) Remote Crash Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:026 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
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