National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-0597
Original release date:02/26/2008
Last revised:08/21/2010
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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External Source: BID
Name: 27988
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0161
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0153
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29087
Type: Advisory
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9492
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2283
External Source: XF
Name: cups-ippbrowse-useafterfree-dos(40845)
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1019497
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080229 rPSA-2008-0091-1 cups
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:050
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0091
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0091
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-098.htm
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-084.htm
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29251
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29189
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2008:012
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9492
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Technical Details
- Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)