CVE-2009-3553
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Use-after-free
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37360Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37364Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jan/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38241
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xmlAdvisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-275230-1