{"id":"CVE-2008-5183","details":"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.","modified":"2025-08-09T19:01:28Z","published":"2008-11-21T02:30:00Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/33937"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/43521"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/298241"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}