9995 : CUPS Empty UDP Datagram DoS
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Last Modified
5 months ago

Percent Complete
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Disclosure
Sep 16, 2004

Discovery
Aug 21, 2004

Dates

Exploit
Aug 21, 2004

Solution
Unknown

Description

 CUPS contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when an empty UDP packet is sent to port 631 and will result in loss of availability for the cupsd.

Classification

 Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Upgrade to version 1.1.21rc2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. Additionally, a patch has been provided to mitigate this issue.

Products
Easy Software Products
Watch-list
CUPS
Watch-list
 1.0.x
1.1.x

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Nessus

 14730 14737 14753 14763 14780 14839 15382 15420 15900 18752

Manual Testing Notes

Credit
  • Alvaro Martinez Echevarria -

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