Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-0596 First vendor Publication 2008-02-25
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-02-13

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0596

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10857
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10857
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-0596
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for cups RHSA-2008:0153-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0153-01_cups.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for cups RHSA-2008:0161-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0161-01_cups.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for cups CESA-2008:0153 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0153_cups_centos3_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for cups CESA-2008:0153 centos3 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0153_cups_centos3_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for cups CESA-2008:0161 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0161_cups_centos5_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for cups CESA-2008:0161 centos5 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0161_cups_centos5_x86_64.nasl
2009-01-23 Name : SuSE Update for cups SUSE-SA:2008:012
File : nvt/gb_suse_2008_012.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
42158 CUPS Add / Remove Shared Printer Request Saturation DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0153.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0161.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080225_cups_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12099.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-051.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-19 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2008-002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-07 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_cups-5063.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-07 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_cups-5064.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-27 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0161.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-26 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0153.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-26 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0153.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-26 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0161.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
APPLE http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27988
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488966/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
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
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2283
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:050
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0153.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0161.html
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019497
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/29087
http://secunia.com/advisories/29189
http://secunia.com/advisories/29251
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00000.html
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40842

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