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11-04-2003, 12:28 PM
TITLE:
CUPS Unspecified Denial of Service Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA10123
VERIFY ADVISORY:
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
From local network
SOFTWARE:
CUPS 1.x
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in CUPS, which can be exploited by
malicious people to cause a Denial of Service.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error, which can be
exploited to cause CUPS IPP to enter an infinate loop.
Successful exploitation requires that a connection can be established
to port 631/tcp.
The vulnerability affects version 1.1.19 and prior.
SOLUTION:
Restrict access to ensure that only trusted users can access the
service.
Upgrade to a newer version:
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
REPORTED BY / CREDITS:
Paul Mitcheson
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CUPS Unspecified Denial of Service Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA10123
VERIFY ADVISORY:
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
From local network
SOFTWARE:
CUPS 1.x
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in CUPS, which can be exploited by
malicious people to cause a Denial of Service.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error, which can be
exploited to cause CUPS IPP to enter an infinate loop.
Successful exploitation requires that a connection can be established
to port 631/tcp.
The vulnerability affects version 1.1.19 and prior.
SOLUTION:
Restrict access to ensure that only trusted users can access the
service.
Upgrade to a newer version:
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
REPORTED BY / CREDITS:
Paul Mitcheson
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