Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.21 IPP Request denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.21. This affects an unknown part of the component IPP Request. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2004-0558. Furthermore, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.21 (Printing Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component IPP Request. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) implementation in CUPS before 1.1.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service hang) via a certain UDP packet to the IPP port.

The weakness was published 09/28/2004 by Martin as Bug 2072 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.fedora.us. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-0558 since 06/14/2004. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14730 (SUSE-SA:2004:031: cups), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38405 (CUPS UDP Packet Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 1.1.21 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17389), Exploit-DB (24599), Tenable (14730), SecurityFocus (BID 11183†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-5824†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 14730
Nessus Name: SUSE-SA:2004:031: cups
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OpenVAS ID: 15900
OpenVAS Name: CUPS Empty UDP Datagram DoS Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CUPS 1.1.21

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09/15/2004 +93 days 🔍
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09/28/2004 +13 days 🔍
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04/14/2015 +3796 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 2072
Researcher: Martin
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0558 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0558
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22255

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X-Force: 17389
SecurityFocus: 11183 - CUPS UDP Packet Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 5824 - DoS in IPP Implementation of CUPS 1.1.21 and Earlier, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:20
Updated: 07/12/2025 19:58
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:20 (73), 05/25/2019 20:39 (1), 11/16/2024 19:56 (27), 07/12/2025 19:58 (2)
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