CVE-2009-0164

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0164
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-04-24 15:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe web interface for CUPS before 1.3.10 does not validate the HTTP Host header in a client request, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct DNS rebinding attacks.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apple Cups 1.1 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.1 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.10 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.10-1 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.11 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.12 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.13 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.14 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.15 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.16 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.17 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.18 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.19 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.19 rc1 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.19 rc2 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.19 rc3 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.19 rc4 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.19 rc5 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.2 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.20 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.20 rc1 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.20 rc2 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.20 rc3 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.20 rc4 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.20 rc5 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.20 rc6 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.21 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.21 rc1 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.21 rc2 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.22 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.22 rc1 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.22 rc2 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.23 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.23 rc1 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.3 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.4 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.5 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.5-1 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.5-2 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.6 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.6-1 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.6-2 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.6-3 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.7 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.8 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.9 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.1.9-1 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.2 b1 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.2 b2 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.2 rc1 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.2 rc2 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.2 rc3 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.2.0 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.2.1 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.2.10 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.2.11 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.2.12 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.2.2 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.2.3 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.2.4 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.2.5 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.2.6 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.2.7 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.2.8 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.2.9 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.3 b1 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.3 rc1 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.3 rc2 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.3.0 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.3.1 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.3.2 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.3.3 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.3.4 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.3.5 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.3.6 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.3.7 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.3.8 All All All
Application Apple Cups All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CUPS may be vulnerable to DNS rebinding attacks · Issue #3118 · apple/cups · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cups.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 Security Update 2009-002 / Mac OS X v10.5.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
490597 – (CVE-2009-0164) CVE-2009-0164 cups: insufficient checking of the HTTP Host: header af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
About the security content of Security Update 2009-002 / Mac OS X v10.5.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
504 Gateway Time-out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Article #582: CUPS 1.3.10 - Documentation - CUPS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cups.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0061 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
Gentoo Bug 263070 - <net-print/cups-1.3.10 Multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-{0163,0164}) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-133A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- CUPS: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-04-27Tomas HogerRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-0164 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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