High severity · published Nov 21, 2008
CVE-2008-5183
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…
7.5
CVSS
9.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)9.2% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CU
Cups · Apple
through 1.3.9 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
5.0; 6.0 · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
before 10.5.6 · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X Server · Apple
before 10.5.6 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
11.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5183
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5183
Broken Link
http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
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