CUPS IPP browse memory leak denial of service
| cups-ippbrowse-memoryleak-dos (40842) |  Low Risk |
Description:
CUPS is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak error during IPP browse requests. By sending a specially-crafted IPP packet, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the consumption of all available memory resources or crash the service.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.3 |
| Access Vector: | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 2.4 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
References:
- Common UNIX Printing System Web site: Common UNIX Printing System.
- Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 433825: CVE-2008-0596 cups: memory leak handling IPP browse requests.
- ASA-2008-084: Security Vulnerability in the Solaris X Server May Lead to Unauthorized Disclosure of Information on Access Restricted Files and Directories (Sun 230901)
- ASA-2008-098: cups security update (RHSA-2008-0161)
- BID-27988: CUPS Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-0596: 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.
- MDVSA-2008:050: Updated cups packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2008-0153: Important: cups security update
- RHSA-2008-0161: Important: cups security update
- SA29420: Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1019497: CUPS Bugs in Adding/Deleting Shared Printers Lets Remote Users Deny Service
- SUSE-SA:2008:012: cups security problems
Platforms Affected:
- Easy Software Products CUPS prior to 1.1.22
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- Novell Linux Desktop 9
- Novell Linux POS 9
- Novell Open Enterprise Server
- Novell Open Enterprise Server
- Novell OpenSUSE 10.2
- Novell OpenSUSE 10.3
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- SuSE SuSE Linux Enterprise Realtime 10 SP1
- SuSE SuSE SLES 9
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 Server
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 Server x64 Ed
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 11 Server
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 11 Server x64 Ed
- Turbolinux Turbolinux FUJI
- Turbolinux Turbolinux Multimedia
- Turbolinux Turbolinux Personal
- Turbolinux Turbolinux wizpy
- Turbolinux Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Hosting Ed
- Turbolinux Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Ed
- Turbolinux Turbolinux Appliance Server 2.0
Reported:
Feb 21, 2008
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