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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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-01-16T17:42:09.355Z

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

Link: CVE-2002-1372

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-1372

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

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

Links: CVE-2002-1372 - Bugzilla

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