CVE-2002-1368: High severity easy software products cups vulnerability

Published Dec 20, 2002
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Updated

Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by causing negative arguments to be fed into memcpy() calls via HTTP requests with (1) a negative Content-Length value or (2) a negative length in a chunked transfer encoding.

Affected Software

15 affected components
Easy Software Products Cups=1.1.10
Easy Software Products Cups=1.1.7
Easy Software Products Cups=1.0.4_8
Easy Software Products Cups=1.1.13
Easy Software Products Cups=1.1.17
Easy Software Products Cups=1.1.4_3
Easy Software Products Cups=1.1.4
Easy Software Products Cups=1.1.4_5
Easy Software Products Cups=1.1.1
Easy Software Products Cups=1.0.4
Easy Software Products Cups=1.1.14
Easy Software Products Cups=1.1.4_2
Easy Software Products Cups=1.1.6
Apple iOS and macOS=10.2.2
Apple iOS and macOS=10.2

Event History

Dec 20, 2002
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:00 AM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2002-1368?

CVE-2002-1368 is classified as a high-severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause denial of service and arbitrary code execution.

2

How do I fix CVE-2002-1368?

To fix CVE-2002-1368, upgrade to a patched version of CUPS that addresses this vulnerability.

3

What versions of CUPS are affected by CVE-2002-1368?

CVE-2002-1368 affects CUPS versions from 1.1.14 to 1.1.17, including earlier versions like 1.0.4 and 1.1.10.

4

Can CVE-2002-1368 be exploited remotely?

Yes, CVE-2002-1368 can be exploited remotely through crafted HTTP requests.

5

What impact does CVE-2002-1368 have on systems?

CVE-2002-1368 can cause systems to crash and potentially allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.

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