CVE-2002-1372 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in CUPS by exhausting file descriptors due to unchecked return values in file and socket operations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2002-1372?
CVE-2002-1372 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Cups, published on 1 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-252
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1372?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Apple Cups, Apple Mac Os X, Debian Debian Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1372?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2002-1372 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1372 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Cups
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1372, GHSA-pj56-w5gq-p5wr.