CUPS < 1.3.8 DoS Vulnerability
🗓️ 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AGType
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| gnucitizen | www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/ |
| openwall | www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419 |
| cups | www.cups.org/str.php |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:apple:cups";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800142");
script_version("2024-01-01T05:05:52+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-01-01 05:05:52 +0000 (Mon, 01 Jan 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-11-26 16:25:46 +0100 (Wed, 26 Nov 2008)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-12-28 15:35:00 +0000 (Thu, 28 Dec 2023)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5183", "CVE-2008-5184");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("CUPS < 1.3.8 DoS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_cups_http_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("cups/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) Service is prone to a denial
of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to error in web interface (cgi-bin/admin.c), which
uses the guest username when a user is not logged on to the web server. This leads to CSRF attacks
with the add/cancel RSS subscription functions.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation causes Denial of Service condition.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"CUPS versions prior to 1.3.8 on Linux.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.3.8 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2774");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! vers = get_app_version( cpe:CPE, port:port ) )
exit( 0 );
if( vers !~ "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+")
exit( 0 ); # Version is not exact enough
if( version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"1.3.8" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"1.3.8" );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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