CVE-2005-2874

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2874
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-09-13 22:03:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:30:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Release Notes - Common UNIX Printing System CONFIRM www.cups.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Fedora alert FEDORA-2005-908 (cups) [LWN.net] FEDORA lwn.net
SecurityTracker.com Archives - CUPS Logic Error in Processing '/..' Requests Lets Remote Users Deny Service SECTRACK securitytracker.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
168072 – CAN-2005-2874 Malformed HTTP Request URL denial of service MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
STR866 fix introduces DoS · Issue #1042 · apple/cups · GitHub CONFIRM www.cups.org Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL 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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