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CUPS Denial of Service Vulnerability - Jun09
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is running CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) Service, which is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaws are due to - A use-after-free error within the directory-services functionality in the scheduler. - Integer overflow errors within the 'pdftops' filter while processing specially crafted PDF file.
Affected Software
Affected Software
CUPS versions prior to 1.4.0 on Linux
Solution
Solution
Upgrade CUPS to version 1.4.0 or higher.