Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-5377 First vendor Publication 2008-12-08
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-09-29

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:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

pstopdf in CUPS 1.3.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/pstopdf.log temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1333.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5377

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13871
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13871
Title: USN-707-1 -- cups, cupsys vulnerabilities
Description: It was discovered that CUPS didn�t properly handle adding a large number of RSS subscriptions. A local user could exploit this and cause CUPS to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 7.10, 8.04 LTS and 8.10. It was discovered that CUPS did not authenticate users when adding and cancelling RSS subscriptions. An unprivileged local user could bypass intended restrictions and add a large number of RSS subscriptions. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04 LTS. It was discovered that the PNG filter in CUPS did not properly handle certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PNG image file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with user privileges. In Ubuntu 7.10, 8.04 LTS, and 8.10, attackers would be isolated by the AppArmor CUPS profile. It was discovered that the example pstopdf CUPS filter created log files in an insecure way. Local users could exploit a race condition to create or overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking the program. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 7.10, and 8.04 LTS
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-707-1
CVE-2008-5183
CVE-2008-5184
CVE-2008-5286
CVE-2008-5377
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 7.10
Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 8.10
Product(s): cups
cupsys
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

ExploitDB Exploits

id Description
2008-12-22 CUPS < 1.3.8-4 - (pstopdf filter) Privilege Escalation Exploit

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-06-05 Name : Ubuntu USN-707-1 (cupsys)
File : nvt/ubuntu_707_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
50637 CUPS pstopdf /tmp/pstopdf.log Temporary File Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-707-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
EXPLOIT-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7550
MISC http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
MLIST http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html

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