Apple CUPS 1.1.17/1.1.22 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple CUPS 1.1.17/1.1.22. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-1196. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple CUPS 1.1.17/1.1.22 (Printing Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The directory-services functionality in the scheduler in CUPS 1.1.17 and 1.1.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cupsd daemon outage or crash) via manipulations of the timing of CUPS browse packets, related to a "pointer use-after-delete flaw."

The weakness was released 06/09/2009 as Bug 497135 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-1196 since 03/31/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 39303 (CentOS 3 / 4 : cups (CESA-2009:1083)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155856 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for CUPS (ELSA-2009-1083)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50944), Tenable (39303), SecurityFocus (BID 35194†), Secunia (SA35340†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1022327†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-48480 and VDB-48479. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 39303
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : cups (CESA-2009:1083)
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OpenVAS ID: 880820
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for cups CESA-2009:1083 centos3 i386
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: Bug 497135
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1196 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1196
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48481

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X-Force: 50944
SecurityFocus: 35194 - CUPS Scheduler Directory Services Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 35340 - Red Hat update for cups, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1022327 - CUPS Scheduler Directory Services Use-After-Free Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 25008 - CUPS 1.1.17 and 1.1.22 Scheduler Directory-Services Functionality Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1488

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 08/11/2021 14:33
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (65), 02/21/2017 17:32 (17), 08/11/2021 14:33 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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