CVE-2010-0302

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    CVE-2010-0302

    Published: 5 Mar 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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 before 1.4.4, when kqueue or epoll is used, 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-3553.

    References: http://cups.org/articles.php?L596, http://cups.org/str.php?L3490, http://secunia.com/advisories/38785, http://secunia.com/advisories/38927, http://secunia.com/advisories/38979, http://secunia.com/advisories/40220, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:073, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38510, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024124, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-906-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0129.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037174.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557775, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557775, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38510, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024124, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11216

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High