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CVE-2008-0596 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
redhat desktop	3.0 4.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:desktop:3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:desktop:4.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux	as_3 as_4 es_3 es_4 ws_3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:as_3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:as_4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:es_3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:es_4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:ws_3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:ws_4:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
easy software products cups	1.1.17 1.1.22
CPE cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.17:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.22:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 15, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 26, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2008-0596 Details

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