Red Hat Linux 8.1/9.0 CUPS denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Linux 8.1/9.0 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component CUPS. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-0195. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Red Hat Linux 8.1/9.0 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component CUPS. 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:

CUPS before 1.1.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a partial printing request to the IPP port (631), which does not time out.

The bug was discovered 05/27/2003. The weakness was shared 05/20/2003 by Phil D'Amore with Red Hat (Website). The advisory is available at rhn.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0195 since 04/01/2003. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15154 (Debian DSA-317-1 : cupsys - denial of service), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38201 (CUPS Cupsd Request Method Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at cups.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (12080), Exploit-DB (22619), Tenable (15154), SecurityFocus (BID 7637†) and OSVDB (4780†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 15154
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-317-1 : cupsys - denial of service
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OpenVAS ID: 53606
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 317-1 (cupsys)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: cups.org

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05/27/2003 +7 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: rhn.redhat.com
Researcher: Phil D'Amore
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0195 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0195
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74

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X-Force: 12080
SecurityFocus: 7637 - CUPS Cupsd Request Method Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 4780 - CUPS Partial IPP Request DoS
Vulnerability Center: 6335 - DoS in Easy Software Products CUPS via IPP, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 05/20/2003 02:00
Updated: 08/23/2025 21:28
Changes: 05/20/2003 02:00 (90), 06/25/2019 20:16 (1), 09/30/2024 08:20 (24), 08/23/2025 21:28 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:1B3:103

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