First published: Wed Jun 21 2000(Updated: )
CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) 1.04 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by authenticating with a user name that does not exist or does not have a shadow password.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Debian Linux | =2.3 | |
Debian Linux | =2.2 |
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CVE-2000-0513 is considered a moderate severity vulnerability as it can lead to denial of service affecting availability.
To fix CVE-2000-0513, upgrade to CUPS version 1.05 or later, as this version addresses the vulnerability.
CVE-2000-0513 affects the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) versions 1.04 and earlier on Debian Linux 2.2 and 2.3.
CVE-2000-0513 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by using invalid user authentication.
CVE-2000-0513 may still pose a risk to systems that have not been updated and are running vulnerable versions of CUPS.