High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-5183
CVE-2008-5183
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.
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Affected products
7- Range: <=1.3.9
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
21- support.apple.com/kb/HT3438nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0daynvdBroken Link
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlnvdMailing List
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.htmlnvdMailing List
- secunia.com/advisories/33937nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/43521nvdBroken Link
- www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/nvdBroken Link
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdBroken Link
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3nvdMailing List
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4nvdMailing List
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1nvdMailing List
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422nvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535nvdBroken Link
- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241nvdIssue Tracking
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586nvdBroken Link
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