CVE-2009-3553

Publication date 19 November 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the abstract file-descriptor handling interface in the cupsdDoSelect function in scheduler/select.c in the scheduler in cupsd in CUPS 1.3.7 and 1.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or hang) via a client disconnection during listing of a large number of print jobs, related to improperly maintaining a reference count. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
cups	9.10 karmic	Fixed 1.4.1-5ubuntu2.4
	9.04 jaunty	Fixed 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.6
	8.10 intrepid	Fixed 1.3.9-2ubuntu9.5
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release
cupsys	9.10 karmic	Not in release
	9.04 jaunty	Not in release
	8.10 intrepid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 1.3.7-1ubuntu3.8
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not affected

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
cups	Vendor: http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/cups/1.4.2-4/select_use_after_free.dpatch Upstream: http://www.cups.org/strfiles/3200/str3200.patch

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2009-3553

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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