CUPS RSS Subscription Null Pointer Dereference Lets Local Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1021396 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1021396
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2008-5183
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Nov 19 2009
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Original Entry Date: Dec 15 2008
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Impact:
Denial of service via local system
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): 1.3.9 and prior versions
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in CUPS. A local user can cause denial of service conditions.
A local user can submit a large number of printing jobs that require mail notification on completion to trigger a null pointer dereference and cause cupsd to crash.
pdp reported this vulnerability.
The original advisory is available at:
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/
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Impact:
A local user can cause the cupsd daemon on the target system to crash.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fixed version (1.3.10).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://svn.easysw.com/public/cups/trunk/CHANGES-1.3.txt
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Vendor URL: www.cups.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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