CVE-2005-2874 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via CPU exhaustion in the CUPS daemon by sending a specific malformed URL.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-2874?
CVE-2005-2874 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Sep 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The is_path_absolute function in scheduler/client.c for the daemon in CUPS before 1.1.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by tight loop) via a "..\.." URL in an HTTP request.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2874?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (16)
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 |
Products include Easy Software Products Cups.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2874?
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-2005-2874 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2874 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2874, GHSA-r8x3-vmcc-9q2g, RHSA-2005:772.