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National Vulnerability Database

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-0164 Detail

Description

The web interface for CUPS before 1.3.10 does not validate the HTTP Host header in a client request, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct DNS rebinding attacks.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (04/27/2009)

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-0164 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=263070
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-20.xml
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0061
http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L582 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3118 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502750/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34665
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490597 Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0164
NVD Published Date:
04/24/2009
NVD Last Modified:
10/11/2018
Source:
MITRE