CVE-2005-2874

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2874
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-09-13 22:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe is_path_absolute function in scheduler/client.c for the daemon in CUPS before 1.1.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by tight loop) via a "..\.." URL in an HTTP request.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.1 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.10 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.10_1 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.11 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.12 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.13 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.14 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.15 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.16 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.17 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.18 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.19 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.19_rc1 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.19_rc2 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.19_rc3 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.19_rc4 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.19_rc5 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.2 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.20 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.20_rc1 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.20_rc2 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.20_rc3 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.20_rc4 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.20_rc5 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.20_rc6 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.21 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.21_rc1 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.21_rc2 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.22 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.22_rc1 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.22_rc2 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.3 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.4 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.5 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.5_1 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.5_2 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.6 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.6_1 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.6_2 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.6_3 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.7 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.8 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.9 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.9_1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Fedora alert FEDORA-2005-908 (cups) [LWN.net] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lwn.net
168072 – CAN-2005-2874 Malformed HTTP Request URL denial of service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Release Notes - Common UNIX Printing System af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cups.org
STR866 fix introduces DoS · Issue #1042 · apple/cups · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cups.org Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - CUPS Logic Error in Processing '/..' Requests Lets Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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