CVE-2008-5184

Published 21 Nov 2008 · Updated 07 Aug 2024

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3Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackepss 3.7%

The web interface (cgi-bin/admin.c) in CUPS before 1.3.8 uses the guest username when a user is not logged on to the web server, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended policy and conduct CSRF attacks via the (1) add and (2) cancel RSS subscription functions.

Affected products

n/a · n/a

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2774 http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3