CVE-2008-5183

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    CVE-2008-5183

    Published: 21 Nov 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/33937, http://secunia.com/advisories/43521, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438, http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html, http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241, http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586

    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