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CVE-2009-0164

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0164 describes a vulnerability in the web interface of CUPS versions prior to 1.3.10, where it fails to validate the HTTP Host header. This flaw makes affected Apple CUPS installations susceptible to DNS rebinding attacks. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is of medium severity, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to potentially impact integrity and availability (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0291 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: cups
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cups

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0164Low

cups: insufficient checking of the HTTP Host: header

Apr 16, 2009

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/35074
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200904-20.xml
support.apple.com / kb/HT3549
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2009-0061
cups.org / articles.php
PatchVendor Advisory
cups.org / str.php
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/502750/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/34665
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1297