CVE-2002-1372

HIGH

CUPS 1.1.14-1.1.17 - Denial of Service via Unchecked File Descriptor Return Values

Title source: llm

Description

Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 does not properly check the return values of various file and socket operations, which could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by causing file descriptors to be assigned and not released, as demonstrated by fanta.

References (10)

Core 10

Core References

Broken Link mailing-list x_refsource_vulnwatch

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0117.html

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_conectiva

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000702

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-232

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_002_cups.html

Broken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

http://www.idefense.com/advisory/12.19.02.txt

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-295.html

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104032149026670&w=2

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandrake

http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:001

Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6440

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10912

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0297

EPSS Percentile 85.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-252

Status published

Products (5)

apple/cups 1.1.14 - 1.1.17

apple/mac_os_x 10.2

apple/mac_os_x 10.2.2

debian/debian_linux 2.2

debian/debian_linux 3.0

Published Dec 26, 2002

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026