CVE-2004-0558 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 17 Sep 2004 Updated 8 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in CUPS by sending a specific UDP packet to the IPP port.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2004-0558?

CVE-2004-0558 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) implementation in CUPS before 1.1.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service hang) via a certain UDP packet to the IPP port.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0558?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (12)

`cups` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	All versions	`1:1.1.17-13.3.13`
`cups-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	All versions	`1:1.1.17-13.3.13`
`cups-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	All versions	`1:1.1.17-13.3.13`
`cups` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	All versions	`1:1.1.17-13.3.13`
`cups-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	All versions	`1:1.1.17-13.3.13`
`cups-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	All versions	`1:1.1.17-13.3.13`
`cups` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	All versions	`1:1.1.17-13.3.13`
`cups-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	All versions	`1:1.1.17-13.3.13`
`cups-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	All versions	`1:1.1.17-13.3.13`
`cups` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	All versions	`1:1.1.17-13.3.13`
`cups-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	All versions	`1:1.1.17-13.3.13`
`cups-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	All versions	`1:1.1.17-13.3.13`

Products include Easy Software Products Cups.

How do I fix CVE-2004-0558?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2004-0558 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-0558 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0558, DSA-545-1, GHSA-39hx-hjhc-q6p6, RHSA-2004:449.