Vulnerability CVE-2008-5183 - CERT Civis.Net

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2008-5183 (CCN-46684)

Assigned:

2008-11-15

Published:

2008-11-15

Updated:

2017-09-29

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.4 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:UR)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.4 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:UR)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2008-5183

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day

Source: APPLE
Type: UNKNOWN
APPLE-SA-2009-02-12

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
SUSE-SR:2008:026

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2008-1029
Moderate: cups security update

Source: CCN
Type: SA33937
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
33937

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
43521

Source: CCN
Type: SECTRACK ID: 1021396
CUPS RSS Subscription Null Pointer Dereference Lets Local Users Deny Service

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438

Source: CCN
Type: CUPS Web site
Common UNIX Printing System

Source: CCN
Type: CUPS STR #2774
Subscription web interface incorrectly uses guest account

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-2176

Source: DEBIAN
Type: DSA-2176
cups -- several vulnerabilities

Source: CCN
Type: GNUCITIZEN Blog, November 18th, 2008
Pwning Ubuntu via CUPS

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/

Source: MANDRIVA
Type: UNKNOWN
MDVSA-2009:028

Source: CCN
Type: oss-security Mailing List, Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:07:45 -0800
CVE request: CUPS DoS via RSS subscriptions

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[oss-security] 20081119 CVE request: CUPS DoS via RSS subscriptions

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[oss-security] 20081119 Re: CVE request: CUPS DoS via RSS subscriptions

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[oss-security] 20081120 Re: CVE request: CUPS DoS via RSS subscriptions

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2008:1029

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
32419

Source: CCN
Type: BID-32419
CUPS 'cupsd' RSS Subscriptions NULL Pointer Dereference Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1021396

Source: CCN
Type: USN-707-1
CUPS vulnerabilities

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2009-0422

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2011-0535

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
cups-rss-dos(46684)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
cups-rss-dos(46684)

Source: OVAL
Type: UNKNOWN
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10586

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: UNKNOWN
7150

Source: SUSE
Type: SUSE-SR:2008:026
SUSE Security Summary Report

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.5-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.5-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.6-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.6-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.6-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.9-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.10-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.21:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.21:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.22:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.22:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.1.23:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.2:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.2:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.3:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 1.3.7)

Configuration RedHat 1:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 2:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::client:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 3:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 4:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::server:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:apple:cups:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

AND

cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu:6.06::lts:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:client_workstation:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.0::x86-64:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:client:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.1:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu:8.04::lts:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20085183	V	CVE-2008-5183	2015-11-16
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29137	P	RHSA-2008:1029 -- cups security update (Moderate)	2015-08-17
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13871	P	USN-707-1 -- cups, cupsys vulnerabilities	2014-06-30
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12954	P	DSA-2176-1 cups -- several	2014-06-23
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22728	P	ELSA-2008:1029: cups security update (Moderate)	2014-05-26
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10586	V	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.	2013-04-29
oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20081029	P	RHSA-2008:1029: cups security update (Moderate)	2008-12-15