Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.62934
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:1029
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2008:1029. The Common UNIX® Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer for UNIX operating systems. A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the way CUPS handled subscriptions for printing job completion notifications. A local user could use this flaw to crash the CUPS daemon by submitting a large number of printing jobs requiring mail notification on completion, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-5183) Users of cups should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.html http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 4.3
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5183 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html BugTraq ID: 32419 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32419 Debian Security Information: DSA-2176 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7150 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028 http://lab.gnucitizen.org/projects/cups-0day http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/ http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/1 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10586 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1029.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021396 http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 http://secunia.com/advisories/43521 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:026 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535 XForce ISS Database: cups-rss-dos(46684) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46684
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