High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 9, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2009-0949
CVE-2009-0949
Description
The ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS before 1.3.10 does not properly initialize memory for IPP request packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a scheduler request with two consecutive IPP_TAG_UNSUPPORTED tags.
Affected products
13cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:9.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
20- www.coresecurity.com/content/AppleCUPS-null-pointer-vulnerabilitynvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35169nvdBroken LinkExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- secunia.com/advisories/35322nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35328nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35340nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35342nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3865nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1811nvdBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504032/100/0/threadednvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-780-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50926nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.htmlnvdMailing List
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.htmlnvdMailing List
- secunia.com/advisories/35685nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/36701nvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1082.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1083.htmlnvdBroken Link
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9631nvdBroken Link
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