CVE-2003-0195
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
1.0
Description
CUPS before 1.1.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a partial printing request to the IPP port (631), which does not time out.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
CUPS 1.1.x - Cupsd Request Method Denial of Service
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7637/info
The cupsd has been reported prone to a denial of service vulnerability.
Reportedly the cupsd does not adequately apply a time-out process for malicious HTTP requests and service is denied to subsequent cupsd requests.
This issue may be exploited by remote attackers to deny cupsd service to valid users.
$ telnet <your_favorite_cups_server> ipp
POST /printers/<your_favorite_printer> HTTP/1.1
Don't enter the second carriage return to complete the headers, just the POST line and one carriage return. OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.1.19final-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.1.19final-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.1.19final-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.1.19final-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.1.19final-1 |
References
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.