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CVE Reference: CVE-2002-1372
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CVE-2002-1372

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.

CVE Status:
Entry

References:

XF

VULNWATCH

SUSE

REDHAT

MISC
  http://www.idefense.com/advisory/12.19.02.txt

MANDRAKE

DEBIAN

CONECTIVA

BUGTRAQ

BID
  6440


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