Vulnerability CVE-2008-0596
Published: 2008-02-25   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Memory leak in CUPS before 1.1.22, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via a large number of requests to add and remove shared printers.

Type:

CWE-399

 (Resource Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Easy software products -> CUPS 

 References:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00000.html
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-084.htm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-098.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0091
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0091
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:050
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0153.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0161.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488966/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27988
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019497
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40842
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2283
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10857
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