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CVE-2008-5183

Publication date 21 November 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cups 8.10 intrepid
Fixed 1.3.9-2ubuntu6.1
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
cupsys 8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1.3.7-1ubuntu3.3
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 1.3.2-1ubuntu7.9
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

Only 1.3.x has rss subscriptions, so dapper is not vulnerable

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
cups

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H