Use After Free in Apple Cups
CVE-2009-3553
Use-after-free vulnerability in the abstract file-descriptor handling interface in the cupsdDoSelect function in scheduler/select.c in the scheduler in cupsd in CUPS 1.3.7 and 1.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or hang) via a client disconnection during listing of a large number of print jobs, related to improperly maintaining a reference count. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.039 (90.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.039 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Cups — versions 1.3.7, 1.3.10
- Apple Mac OS X
- Apple Mac OS X Server
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 8.04, 8.10
- Debian Linux — versions 5.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/37364 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11183 (Broken Link, signature, vdb-entry)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-906-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1595.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/37048 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4004 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- www.cups.org/newsgroups.php/newsgroups.php (Patch, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jan/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-3553?
- CVE-2009-3553 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Cups, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2009-11-20.
- How severe is CVE-2009-3553?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.