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5.1	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability was found in Easy Software Products CUPS up to 1.1.22 (Printing Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function is_path_absolute of the file scheduler/client.c of the component Scheduler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The is_path_absolute function in scheduler/client.c for the daemon in CUPS before 1.1.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by tight loop) via a "..\.." URL in an HTTP request.

The bug was discovered 01/07/2005. The weakness was released 09/13/2005 by kmuto as Bug 168072 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2874 since 09/13/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 249 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19870 (Fedora Core 3 : cups-1.1.22-0.rc1.8.7 (2005-908)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.1.23 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18804) and Tenable (19870).

Productinfo

Type

• Printing Software

Vendor

• Easy Software Products

Name

• CUPS

Version

• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6
• 1.1.7
• 1.1.8
• 1.1.9
• 1.1.10
• 1.1.11
• 1.1.12
• 1.1.13
• 1.1.14
• 1.1.15
• 1.1.16
• 1.1.17
• 1.1.18
• 1.1.19
• 1.1.20
• 1.1.21
• 1.1.22

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

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• 🔍
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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 19870
Nessus Name: Fedora Core 3 : cups-1.1.22-0.rc1.8.7 (2005-908)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 16141
OpenVAS Name: CUPS < 1.1.23 Multiple Vulnerabilities
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: CUPS 1.1.23
PaloAlto IPS: 🔍
Fortigate IPS: 🔍

Timelineinfo

01/03/2005 🔍
01/07/2005 +4 days 🔍
01/07/2005 +0 days 🔍
02/14/2005 +38 days 🔍
09/13/2005 +211 days 🔍
09/13/2005 +0 days 🔍
09/13/2005 +0 days 🔍
09/13/2005 +0 days 🔍
09/22/2005 +9 days 🔍
10/05/2005 +13 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3444 days 🔍
05/30/2019 +1541 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 168072
Researcher: kmuto
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2005-2874 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 18804
SecurityTracker: 1012811
Vulnerability Center: 7062 - DoS in CUPS 1.1.21 and 1.1.22 via HTTP GET Requests, Medium
SecurityFocus: 12200 - Easy Software Products CUPS HTTP GET Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 12834 - CVE-2005-2874 - CUPS - Denial of Service Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 05/30/2019 06:55
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (74), 05/30/2019 06:55 (18)
Complete: 🔍

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