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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.

Published

2008-02-26T00:44:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-399
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System redhat desktop 3.0 No
Operating System redhat desktop 4.0 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux as_3 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux as_4 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux es_3 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux es_4 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux ws_3 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux ws_4 No
Application easy_software_products cups 1.1.17 Yes
Application easy_software_products cups 1.1.22 Yes
References