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FreeBSD : cups -- Incomplete SSL Negotiation Denial of Service (39988ee8-1918-11dc-b6bd-0016179b2dd5)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25512

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Secunia reports :

CUPS is not using multiple workers to handle connections. This can be exploited to stop CUPS from accepting new connections by starting but never completing an SSL negotiation.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200703-28

http://www.nessus.org/u?9d2f0f08

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25512

File Name: freebsd_pkg_39988ee8191811dcb6bd0016179b2dd5.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 6/14/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:cups-base, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0720

Secunia: 24517