CVE-2008-0596 Information

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.

Reference

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 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/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10857