VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2010-2432
The cupsDoAuthentication function in auth.c in the client in CUPS before 1.4.4, when HAVE_GSSAPI is omitted, does not properly handle a demand for authorization, which allows remote CUPS servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.10%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.10%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The cupsDoAuthentication function in auth.c in the client in CUPS before 1.4.4, when HAVE_GSSAPI is omitted, does not properly handle a demand for authorization, which allows remote CUPS servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED responses.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.10% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- apple/cups
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://cups.org/articles.php?L596Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://cups.org/str.php?L3518
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:146
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
- http://cups.org/articles.php?L596Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://cups.org/str.php?L3518
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:146
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.