GLSA Bodhisattva
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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 9:22 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200409-25 ] CUPS: Denial of service vulnerability |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: CUPS: Denial of service vulnerability (GLSA 200409-25)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: September 20, 2004
Updated: September 21, 2004
Bug(s): #64168
ID: 200409-25
Synopsis
A vulnerability in CUPS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service when sending a carefully-crafted UDP packet to the IPP port.
Background
The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) is a cross-platform print spooler.
Affected Packages
Package: net-print/cups
Vulnerable: < 1.1.20-r2
Unaffected: >= 1.1.20-r2
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
Alvaro Martinez Echevarria discovered a hole in the CUPS Internet Printing
Protocol (IPP) implementation that allows remote attackers to cause CUPS to
stop listening on the IPP port.
Impact
A remote user with malicious intent can easily cause a denial of service to
the CUPS daemon by sending a specially-crafted UDP datagram packet to the
IPP port.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All CUPS users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code: | # emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=net-print/cups-1.1.20-r2"
# emerge ">=net-print/cups-1.1.20-r2" |
References
CUPS Software Trouble Report
CAN-2004-0558
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