CVE-2009-3553 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the CUPS print server daemon by disconnecting during large print job listings, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-3553?
CVE-2009-3553 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Apple Cups, published on 20 Nov 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the abstract file-descriptor handling interface in the cupsdDoSelect function in scheduler/select.c in the scheduler in cupsd in CUPS 1.3.7 and 1.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or hang) via a client disconnection during listing of a large number of print jobs, related to improperly maintaining a reference count. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3553?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Apple Cups, Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2009-3553?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2009-3553 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3553 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Cups
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3553, GHSA-qvh7-j2x6-25x5.