Detections
Analytics
CVE-2002-1372
high
Description
Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 does not properly check the return values of various file and socket operations, which could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by causing file descriptors to be assigned and not released, as demonstrated by fanta.
References
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10912
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-295.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_002_cups.html
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:001
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-232
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000702