CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2002-1372

Unchecked Return Value

Published: Dec 26, 2002 | Modified: Jan 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 does not properly check the return values of various file and socket operations, which could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by causing file descriptors to be assigned and not released, as demonstrated by fanta.

Weakness

The product does not check the return value from a method or function, which can prevent it from detecting unexpected states and conditions.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cups Apple 1.1.14 1.1.17

Potential Mitigations

References