CVE-2010-2432
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
The cupsDoAuthentication function in auth.c in the client in CUPS before 1.4.4, when HAVE_GSSAPI is omitted, does not properly handle a demand for authorization, which allows remote CUPS servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED responses.
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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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.4.4-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.4.4-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.4.4-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.4.4-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.4.4-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| apple | cups | 1.3.0 | |
| apple | cups | {"endIncluding":"1.4.3"} | |
| apple | cups | 1.1 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.1 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.2 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.3 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.4 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.5 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.5-1 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.5-2 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.6 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.6-1 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.6-2 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.6-3 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.7 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.8 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.9 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.9-1 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.10 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.10-1 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.11 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.12 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.13 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.14 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.15 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.16 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.17 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.18 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.19 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.20 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.21 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.22 | |
| apple | cups | 1.1.23 | |
| apple | cups | 1.2 | |
| apple | cups | 1.2.0 | |
| apple | cups | 1.2.1 | |
| apple | cups | 1.2.2 | |
| apple | cups | 1.2.3 | |
| apple | cups | 1.2.4 | |
| apple | cups | 1.2.5 | |
| apple | cups | 1.2.6 | |
| apple | cups | 1.2.7 | |
| apple | cups | 1.2.8 | |
| apple | cups | 1.2.9 | |
| apple | cups | 1.2.10 | |
| apple | cups | 1.2.11 | |
| apple | cups | 1.2.12 | |
| apple | cups | 1.3 | |
| apple | cups | 1.3.1 | |
| apple | cups | 1.3.2 | |
| apple | cups | 1.3.3 | |
| apple | cups | 1.3.4 | |
| apple | cups | 1.3.5 | |
| apple | cups | 1.3.6 | |
| apple | cups | 1.3.7 | |
| apple | cups | 1.3.8 | |
| apple | cups | 1.3.9 | |
| apple | cups | 1.3.10 | |
| apple | cups | 1.3.11 | |
| apple | cups | 1.4.0 | |
| apple | cups | 1.4.1 | |
| apple | cups | 1.4.2 | |
References
- http://cups.org/articles.php?L596
- http://cups.org/str.php?L3518
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:146
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2432
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.