CVE-2005-2874

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
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: 2005-09-13 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Easy Software Products Cups: 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5 (+39)

References

http://lwn.net/Alerts/152835/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012811
http://www.cups.org/relnotes.php#010123
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1042+P0+S-1+C0+I0+E0+Q1042
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-772.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168072
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9774
http://lwn.net/Alerts/152835/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012811
http://www.cups.org/relnotes.php#010123
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1042+P0+S-1+C0+I0+E0+Q1042
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-772.html

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