National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-2432

Overview

The cupsDoAuthentication function in auth.c in the client in CUPS before 1.4.4, when HAVE_GSSAPI is omitted, does not properly handle a demand for authorization, which allows remote CUPS servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED responses.

Impact

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://cups.org/articles.php?L596

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://cups.org/articles.php?L596

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0535

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:146

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:146

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2176

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-201207-10

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43521

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43521

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://cups.org/str.php?L3518

Hyperlink:http://cups.org/str.php?L3518