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.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-2176-1 | cups security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-707-1 | CUPS vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T10:40:17.284Z
Reserved: 2008-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2008-5183
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Status : Modified
Published: 2008-11-21T02:30:00.453
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2008-5183
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA
Ubuntu USN