CVE-2009-0949
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS before 1.3.10 does not properly initialize memory for IPP request packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a scheduler request with two consecutive IPP_TAG_UNSUPPORTED tags.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (cups) | RHSA-2009:1082 | 2009-06-03 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (cups) | RHSA-2009:1083 | 2009-06-03 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (cups) | RHSA-2009:1083 | 2009-06-03 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Anibal Sacco from Core Security Technologies for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation