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Medium
CVE-2008-0596
Memory leak in CUPS before 1.1.22, and possibly other versions,...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29251
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29189
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00000.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0153.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0091
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0091
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:050
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27988
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488966/100/0/threaded
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10857
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-084.htm
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29087
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-098.htm
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40842
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0161.html
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2283
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019497
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.1.17, 1.1.22
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 26th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.