Detections
Analytics
CVE-2002-1372
high
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.
References
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10912