Easy Software Products CUPS HTTP GET Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:12200

Info

Easy Software Products CUPS HTTP GET Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12200
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2005-2874
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 03 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 09:27AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to kmuto.
Vulnerable: SCO Open Server 6.0
SCO Open Server 5.0.7
Redhat Fedora Core3
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Redhat Desktop 4.0
Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.23 rc1
+ Gentoo Linux
Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.22 rc1
Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.22
Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.21
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
Not Vulnerable: Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.23
+ Gentoo Linux

Discussion

Easy Software Products CUPS HTTP GET Denial Of Service Vulnerability

CUPS is prone to a remotely exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability. This condition occurs when the server receives an HTTP GET request containing the string '/..'. This vulnerability is reportedly caused by a logic error.

This issue was introduced in the 1.1.21 release.

Exploit / POC

Easy Software Products CUPS HTTP GET Denial Of Service Vulnerability

The following example was provided:

GET /..a HTTP/1.1

Solution / Fix

Easy Software Products CUPS HTTP GET Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:

This issue has been addressed in version 1.1.23.

Please see the referenced advisories for details on obtaining and applying the appropriate updates.


Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.21

Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.22 rc1

Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.22

SCO Open Server 5.0.7

SCO Open Server 6.0

References

Easy Software Products CUPS HTTP GET Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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