CVE-2005-2874

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2005-01-07
Bugzilla:
1617763: CVE-2005-2874 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The is_path_absolute function in scheduler/client.c for the daemon in CUPS before 1.1.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by tight loop) via a "..\.." URL in an HTTP request.

Find out more about CVE-2005-2874 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (cups) RHSA-2005:772 2005-09-27

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