CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-1372

7.5 HIGH Published 2002-12-26 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-12-26
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-252

Description

Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 does not properly check the return values of various file and socket operations, which could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by causing file descriptors to be assigned and not released, as demonstrated by fanta.

Affected configurations

• apple cups (>= 1.1.14 <= 1.1.17) • apple mac os x 10.2 • apple mac os x 10.2.2 • debian debian linux 2.2 • debian debian linux 3.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-252 Unchecked Return Value weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (3)

  • CWE-252 Unchecked Return Value weakness
  • CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release weakness
  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime weakness

References