CVE-2004-1268 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can corrupt the CUPS password file by filling the filesystem, causing a denial of service for printing services.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-1268?
CVE-2004-1268 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Fedora Core, published on 22 Dec 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22 ignores write errors when modifying the CUPS passwd file, which allows local users to corrupt the file by filling the associated file system and triggering the write errors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1268?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Easy Software Products Cups, Redhat Fedora Core.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1268?
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-2004-1268 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1268 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Fedora Core
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1268, GHSA-7rhq-w6x9-x4gf.