Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10586
Revision Date:2013-04-29Version:12
Title: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.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2008-5183
Platform(s):CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • RHEL5, CentOS5 or Oracle Linux 5
  • The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • OR The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
  • OR Oracle Linux 5.x
  • AND Configuration section
  • cups-lpd is earlier than 1:1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3
  • OR cups-devel is earlier than 1:1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3
  • OR cups is earlier than 1:1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3
  • OR cups-libs is earlier than 1:1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3
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