| Name | CVE-2024-47850 |
| Description | CUPS cups-browsed before 2.5b1 will send an HTTP POST request to an arbitrary destination and port in response to a single IPP UDP packet requesting a printer to be added, a different vulnerability than CVE-2024-47176. (The request is meant to probe the new printer but can be used to create DDoS amplification attacks.) |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| cups-filters (PTS) | bullseye | 1.28.7-1+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 1.28.7-1+deb11u3 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.28.17-3 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 1.28.17-3+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1.28.17-5 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| cups-filters | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - cups-filters <ignored> (Mitigated with fixes around CVE-2024-47076, CVE-2024-47175 and CVE-2024-47176)
[bullseye] - cups-filters <ignored> (Mitigated with fixes around CVE-2024-47076, CVE-2024-47175 and CVE-2024-47176)
https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/october-cups-ddos-threat
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/04/1
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-phc2-g348-384g