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ID CVE-2008-0596
Summary Memory leak in CUPS before 1.1.22, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via a large number of requests to add and remove shared printers.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:desktop:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:desktop:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:as_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:as_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:as_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:as_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:es_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:es_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:es_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:es_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:ws_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:ws_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:ws_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:ws_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 5.0 (as of 13-02-2023 - 02:18)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-399
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
NONE NONE PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
oval via4
accepted 2013-04-29T04:09:25.113-04:00
class vulnerability
contributors
  • name Aharon Chernin
    organization SCAP.com, LLC
  • name Dragos Prisaca
    organization G2, Inc.
definition_extensions
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11782
  • comment CentOS Linux 3.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16651
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831
  • comment CentOS Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636
  • comment Oracle Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990
description Memory leak in CUPS before 1.1.22, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via a large number of requests to add and remove shared printers.
family unix
id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10857
status accepted
submitted 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00
title Memory leak in CUPS before 1.1.22, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via a large number of requests to add and remove shared printers.
version 29
redhat via4
advisories
  • rhsa
    id RHSA-2008:0153
  • rhsa
    id RHSA-2008:0161
rpms
  • cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.51
  • cups-debuginfo-1:1.1.17-13.3.51
  • cups-devel-1:1.1.17-13.3.51
  • cups-libs-1:1.1.17-13.3.51
  • cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.5
  • cups-debuginfo-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.5
  • cups-devel-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.5
  • cups-libs-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_6.5
refmap via4
apple APPLE-SA-2008-03-18
bid 27988
bugtraq 20080229 rPSA-2008-0091-1 cups
confirm
mandriva MDVSA-2008:050
sectrack 1019497
secunia
  • 29087
  • 29189
  • 29251
  • 29420
suse SUSE-SA:2008:012
vupen ADV-2008-0924
xf cups-ippbrowse-memoryleak-dos(40842)
Last major update 13-02-2023 - 02:18
Published 26-02-2008 - 00:44
Last modified 13-02-2023 - 02:18
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