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CUPS Empty UDP Datagram DoS Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The target is running a CUPS server that supports browsing of network printers and that is vulnerable to a limited type of denial of service attack. Specifically, the browsing feature can be disabled by sending an empty UDP datagram to the CUPS server.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to CUPS 1.1.21rc2 or later.