CVE-2008-5183

CUPS 1.3.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Add RSS Subscription) Remote Crash

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

cupsd en CUPS versión 1.3.9 y anteriores, permite a los usuarios locales, y posiblemente atacantes remotos, causar una denegación de servicio (bloqueo del demonio) mediante la adición de un gran número de Suscripciones RSS, que desencadena una desreferencia de puntero NULL. NOTA: este problema puede ser desencadenado remotamente mediante el aprovechamiento de CVE-2008-5184.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-11-20 CVE Reserved
2008-11-21 CVE Published
2024-07-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CAPEC

References (23)

URL	Tag	Source
http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43521	Broken Link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438	Third Party Advisory
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419	Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396	Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422	Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535	Broken Link
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241	Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html	2023-12-28
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html	2023-12-28
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176	2023-12-28
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028	2023-12-28
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.html	2023-12-28
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5183	2008-12-15
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473901	2008-12-15

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Cups Search vendor "Apple" for product "Cups"				<= 1.3.9 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Cups" and version " <= 1.3.9"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				< 10.5.6 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version " < 10.5.6"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				< 10.5.6 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version " < 10.5.6"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				11.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "11.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				5.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				6.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "6.0"		-		Affected