Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-5184 to the following vulnerability: 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. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5184 http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/ http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3 Patch: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2774
This issue did not affect cups versions as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. It did not affect 1.2.x version of cups shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Those versions do not support RSS subscriptions. cups was updated to version 1.3.7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3. Packages released in RHEL 5.3 include a patch for this issue and are not affected by this flaw. https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2008-5184.html