Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-0164

Title: Apple Cups Improper Input Validation

Input Validation Error

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2009-0164.

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Apr 24, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.4 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.91%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-0164: The web interface for CUPS before 1.3.10 does not validate the HTTP Host header in a client request, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct DNS rebinding attacks.

Impacted Vendors

easy_software_products 1

apple 1

Reference Links

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=263070 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-20.xml http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0061 http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L582 http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3118 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502750/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34665 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490597 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=263070 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-20.xml http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0061 http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L582 http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3118 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502750/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34665 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490597

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.4

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-0164 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 24, 2009 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.