CVE-2008-0882

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    CVE-2008-0882

    Published: 21 Feb 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Double free vulnerability in the process_browse_data function in CUPS 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted UDP Browse packets to the cupsd port (631/udp), related to an unspecified manipulation of a remote printer. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/28994, http://secunia.com/advisories/29067, http://secunia.com/advisories/29120, http://secunia.com/advisories/29132, http://secunia.com/advisories/29251, http://secunia.com/advisories/29420, http://secunia.com/advisories/29485, http://secunia.com/advisories/29603, http://secunia.com/advisories/29634, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-01.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1530, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:050, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:051, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-598-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0623, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433758, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00000.html, http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2656, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0157.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27906, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019473, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9625, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00792.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00832.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High