Resource Management Errors Affecting cups package, versions <1.3.9-13


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.53% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CUPS-364663
  • published21 Nov 2008
  • disclosed21 Nov 2008

Introduced: 21 Nov 2008

CVE-2008-5183  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable cups to version 1.3.9-13 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cups package and not the cups package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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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