Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.17/1.1.22 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.17/1.1.22. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-0597. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.17/1.1.22 (Printing Software). Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in CUPS before 1.1.22, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted IPP packets.

The bug was discovered 02/21/2008. The weakness was disclosed 02/25/2008 with Red Hat Security Response Team (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-0597 since 02/05/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31168 (CentOS 3 / 4 : cups (CESA-2008:0153)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165672 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update CUPS (SUSE-SA:2008:012)).

Upgrading to version 1.1.22 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40845), Tenable (31168), SecurityFocus (BID 27988†), OSVDB (42159†) and Secunia (SA29087†). The entry VDB-41231 is pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 31168
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : cups (CESA-2008:0153)
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OpenVAS ID: 880163
OpenVAS Name: Centreon command_name Parameter Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CUPS 1.1.22

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Organization: Red Hat Security Response Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0597 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0597
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41232

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X-Force: 40845
SecurityFocus: 27988 - CUPS Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29087
OSVDB: 42159 - CVE-2008-0597 - CUPS - Use-After-Free Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019497
Vulnerability Center: 17760 - CUPS <= 1.1.22 Use-after-free Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS via a Crafted IPP Packet, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/06/2019 09:17
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (75), 08/06/2019 09:17 (11)
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Cache ID: 216:9BE:103

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