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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 …

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
AppleCups
through 1.3.9
AppleMac Os X
before 10.5.6
AppleMac Os X Server
before 10.5.6
OpensuseOpensuse
Version 11.0
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 5.0, 6.0

Weakness classification

CWE-476

References