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CVE-2002-1372

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.

Published

2002-12-26T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-252
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-252
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application apple cups ≤ 1.1.17 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x 10.2 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x 10.2.2 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 2.2 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.0 Yes
References