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
+ Gentoo Linux
Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.23
+ 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
Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.20
+ ALT Linux ALT Linux Compact 2.3
+ ALT Linux ALT Linux Junior 2.3
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc3
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc2
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc1
+ MandrakeSoft apcupsd 2006.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.19 rc5
Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.19
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2 amd64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2
+ Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Edition
+ Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Hosting Edition
+ Turbolinux Appliance Server Hosting Edition 1.0
+ Turbolinux Appliance Server Workgroup Edition 1.0
+ Turbolinux Home
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
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.

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]>.

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]>.

References

Easy Software Products CUPS Denial of Service Vulnerability

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