Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2005-2874 First vendor Publication 2005-09-13
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-10-11

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The is_path_absolute function in scheduler/client.c for the daemon in CUPS before 1.1.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by tight loop) via a "..\.." URL in an HTTP request.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2874

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9774
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9774
Title: The is_path_absolute function in scheduler/client.c for the daemon in CUPS before 1.1.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by tight loop) via a "..\.." URL in an HTTP request.
Description: The is_path_absolute function in scheduler/client.c for the daemon in CUPS before 1.1.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by tight loop) via a "..\.." URL in an HTTP request.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-2874
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 45

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: cups-base
File : nvt/freebsd_cups-base.nasl
2005-11-03 Name : CUPS < 1.1.23 Multiple Vulnerabilities
File : nvt/cups_multiple_vulnerabilities.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
12834 CUPS Malformed Traversal HTTP Request Remote DoS

CUPS contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a specially crafted url including /.. is sent to the CUPS server, and will result in loss of availability for the service.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2007-01-08 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-772.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-05 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-908.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-05 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-772.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-13 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_990cf07e698811d9a9e70001020eed82.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-01-12 Name : The remote print service is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : cups_multiple_vulnerabilities.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
CONFIRM http://www.cups.org/relnotes.php#010123
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1042+P0+S-1+C0+I0+E0+Q1042
FEDORA http://lwn.net/Alerts/152835/
MISC https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168072
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-772.html
SECTRACK http://securitytracker.com/id?1012811

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