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CVE-2008-5183 Detail

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.


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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5183
NVD Published Date:
11/20/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Canonical Ltd.