Resource Management Errors Affecting apple/cups package, versions [1.3.7,1.3.10]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.74% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APPLECUPS-2364804
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Nov 2009
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Nov 2009

CVE-2009-3553  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for apple/cups.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. 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.

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