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CVE-2008-0596

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2008-02-26 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Easy Software Products CupsRedhat DesktopRedhat Enterprise Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References