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CUPS IPP Packets Processing Denial of Service 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
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is running CUPS, and is prone to Denial of Service Vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is cause due to a NULL-pointer dereference that occurs when processing two consecutive IPP_TAG_UNSUPPORTED tags in specially crafted IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) packets.
Affected Software
Affected Software
CUPS version prior to 1.3.10.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to version 1.3.10 or later.