5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2008-0596
CUPS Privilege Escalation Denial of Service
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 26, 2008, 12:44 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:42 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-0596 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
2 Redhat desktop
1 Easy_software_products cups
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-0596.

URL Resource
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29087 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29189
http://secunia.com/advisories/29251
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-084.htm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-098.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0091
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0091
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:050
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0153.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0161.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488966/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27988
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019497
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40842
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2283
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10857
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29087 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29189
http://secunia.com/advisories/29251
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-084.htm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-098.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0091
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0091
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:050
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0153.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0161.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488966/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27988
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019497
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40842
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2283
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10857

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-0596 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00000.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29087
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29189
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29251
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
    Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-084.htm
    Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-098.htm
    Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0091
    Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0091
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:050
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0153.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0161.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488966/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27988
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019497
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40842
    Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2283
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10857
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description CVE-2008-0596 cups: memory leak handling IPP browse requests 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.
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0153 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0161 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0596 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433825 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description 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. CVE-2008-0596 cups: memory leak handling IPP browse requests
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0161 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0596 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0153 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433825 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 15, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/488966/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488966/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10857 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10857 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/40842 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40842 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-0596 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-0596 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

12.52 }} 0.88%

score

0.95420

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability