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CVE-2002-1372

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-26 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-252

Description

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.

Affected products

• cups: from 1.1.14 through 1.1.17
• macOS: 10.2, 10.2.2
• Debian Linux: 2.2, 3.0

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0117.html
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000702
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104032149026670&w=2
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-232
• http://www.idefense.com/advisory/12.19.02.txt
• http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:001
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_002_cups.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-295.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6440
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10912
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0117.html
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000702

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