CVE-2009-3553

NameCVE-2009-3553
DescriptionUse-after-free vulnerability in the abstract file-descriptor handling interface in the cupsdDoSelect function in scheduler/select.c in the scheduler in cupsd in CUPS 1.3.7 and 1.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or hang) via a client disconnection during listing of a large number of print jobs, related to improperly maintaining a reference count. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2176-1
Debian Bugs557740

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
bookworm2.4.2-3+deb12u7fixed
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
cupssourcelenny1.3.8-1+lenny9DSA-2176-1
cupssource(unstable)1.4.2-4low557740
cupsyssource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

[lenny] - cups <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
- cupsys <not-affected> (vulnerable code introduced in 1.3.x)
http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php/s1+gcups.bugs?s1+gcups.bugs+v4+T+Q3200

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