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cupsd
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Denial of Service
400
CWE
Product Name: cupsd
Affected Version From: N/A
Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References: N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: N/A
2002

cupsd Denial of Service Vulnerability

The cupsd has been reported prone to a denial of service vulnerability. Reportedly the cupsd does not adequately apply a time-out process for malicious HTTP requests and service is denied to subsequent cupsd requests. This issue may be exploited by remote attackers to deny cupsd service to valid users.

Mitigation:

Apply a time-out process for malicious HTTP requests.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7637/info

The cupsd has been reported prone to a denial of service vulnerability.

Reportedly the cupsd does not adequately apply a time-out process for malicious HTTP requests and service is denied to subsequent cupsd requests.

This issue may be exploited by remote attackers to deny cupsd service to valid users.

$ telnet <your_favorite_cups_server> ipp
POST /printers/<your_favorite_printer> HTTP/1.1

Don't enter the second carriage return to complete the headers, just the POST line and one carriage return.

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