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CVE-2009-0949

Publication date 9 June 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

The ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS before 1.3.10 does not properly initialize memory for IPP request packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a scheduler request with two consecutive IPP_TAG_UNSUPPORTED tags.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cups 9.04 jaunty
Fixed 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.1
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 1.3.9-2ubuntu9.2
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
cupsys 9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1.3.7-1ubuntu3.5
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06.14

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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