DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1372

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1372

    Published: 26 Dec 2002Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2002-1372

    Summary:

    Details: Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 does not properly check the return values of various file and socket operations, which could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by causing file descriptors to be assigned and not released, as demonstrated by fanta.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1372

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cups

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/cups?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.1.18-1

    Affected versions

    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