Easy Software Products CUPS Denial of Service Vulnerability
BID:14527
Info
Easy Software Products CUPS Denial of Service Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 14527 |
| Class: | Boundary Condition Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Aug 09 2005 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Aug 09 2005 12:00AM |
| Credit: | RedHat announced this vulnerability. |
| Vulnerable: |
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4 Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3 Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 4 Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3 Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4 Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3 Redhat Desktop 4.0 Redhat Desktop 3.0 Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.23 rc1 Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.23 Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.22 rc1 Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.22 Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.21 Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.20 Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.19 rc5 Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.19 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
Easy Software Products CUPS Denial of Service Vulnerability
CUPS is affected by a denial of service vulnerability. This issue manifests when the application fails to do proper bounds checking when handling malformed PDF files.
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by supplying a malformed PDF file to the affected application resulting in an endless loop, thus denying service to legitimate users.
CUPS is affected by a denial of service vulnerability. This issue manifests when the application fails to do proper bounds checking when handling malformed PDF files.
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by supplying a malformed PDF file to the affected application resulting in an endless loop, thus denying service to legitimate users.
Exploit / POC
Easy Software Products CUPS Denial of Service Vulnerability
Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.
Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.
Solution / Fix
Easy Software Products CUPS Denial of Service Vulnerability
Solution:
RedHat has released security advisory RHSA-2005:706-04 addressing this issue. Please see the referenced Web advisory for further information.
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.
Solution:
RedHat has released security advisory RHSA-2005:706-04 addressing this issue. Please see the referenced Web advisory for further information.
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.
References
Easy Software Products CUPS Denial of Service Vulnerability
References:
References:
- CUPS Product Page (Easy Software Products)
- RHSA-2005:706-04 - Important: cups security update (RedHat)