CVE-2009-0949

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    CVE-2009-0949

    Published: 9 Jun 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS before 1.3.10 does not properly initialize memory for IPP request packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a scheduler request with two consecutive IPP_TAG_UNSUPPORTED tags.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/35322, http://secunia.com/advisories/35328, http://secunia.com/advisories/35340, http://secunia.com/advisories/35342, http://secunia.com/advisories/35685, http://secunia.com/advisories/36701, http://securitytracker.com/id?1022321, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865, http://www.coresecurity.com/content/AppleCUPS-null-pointer-vulnerability, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1811, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504032/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35169, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-780-1, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50926, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html, http://www.coresecurity.com/content/AppleCUPS-null-pointer-vulnerability, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35169, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500972, http://securitytracker.com/id?1022321, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1082.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1083.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504032/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35169, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9631

    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
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