CVE-2009-1196

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2009-06-02
Bugzilla:
497135: CVE-2009-1196 cups: DoS (stop, crash) by renewing CUPS browse packets

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The directory-services functionality in the scheduler in CUPS 1.1.17 and 1.1.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cupsd daemon outage or crash) via manipulations of the timing of CUPS browse packets, related to a "pointer use-after-delete flaw."

Find out more about CVE-2009-1196 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 3.3
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent 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 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 Swen van Brussel for reporting this issue.

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