CVE-2010-0302
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 before 1.4.4, when kqueue or epoll is used, 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-3553.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
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://cups.org/articles.php?L596
- http://cups.org/str.php?L3490
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037174.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38785
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38927
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38979
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40220