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CVE-2008-5183
high
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.
References
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-5161
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/
http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html