PT-2005-3738 · Apple+1 · Cups+1
Richard Harman
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Published
2005-09-13
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Updated
2017-10-11
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CVE-2005-2874
CVSS v2.0
5.0
Medium
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
CUPS versions prior to 1.1.23
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically CPU consumption by a tight loop, via a "...." URL in an HTTP request. This is due to the
is path absolute function in scheduler/client.c for the daemon.Recommendations
For versions prior to 1.1.23, update to version 1.1.23 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploit
Fix
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Cups
Red Hat