CVE-2010-0302

HIGH

CUPS < 1.4.4 - Use-After-Free in File Descriptor Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the abstract file-descriptor handling interface in the cupsdDoSelect function in scheduler/select.c in the scheduler in cupsd in CUPS before 1.4.4, when kqueue or epoll is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or hang) via a client disconnection during listing of a large number of print jobs, related to improperly maintaining a reference count. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-3553.

References (18)

Core 18
Core References
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-906-1
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557775
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
http://cups.org/articles.php?L596
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024124
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/40220
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:073
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
http://cups.org/str.php?L3490
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38510
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38785
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0129.html
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38979
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38927

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0258
EPSS Percentile 83.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (14)
apple/cups < 1.4.4
apple/mac_os_x < 10.5.8
apple/mac_os_x_server < 10.5.8
canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.06
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 9.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 9.10
fedoraproject/fedora 11
redhat/enterprise_linux 5.0
... and 4 more
Published Mar 05, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026