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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:19:28.771Z

Reserved: 2002-12-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-1372

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-26T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:41:08.900

Link: CVE-2002-1372

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2002-12-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2002-1372 - Bugzilla