CVE-2002-1372

NameCVE-2002-1372
DescriptionCommon 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-232

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
cups (PTS)bullseye2.3.3op2-3+deb11u8fixed
bullseye (security)2.3.3op2-3+deb11u9fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)2.4.2-3+deb12u8fixed
sid, trixie2.4.10-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
cupssource(unstable)1.1.18-1
cupsyssourcewoody1.1.14-4.3DSA-232
cupsyssource(unstable)1.1.18-1
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