Bug 163011 - CUPS daemon crash from IPP/SSL bug when repeatedly requesting web interface (possible DoS)
Summary: CUPS daemon crash from IPP/SSL bug when repeatedly requesting web interface (...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: cups
Version: 4.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Tim Waugh
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Blocks: 169933 181409
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Reported: 2005-07-12 08:21 UTC by Pete Harvey
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: RHBA-2006-0323
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2006-08-10 21:20:38 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2006:0323 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE cups bug fix update 2006-08-09 04:00:00 UTC

Description Pete Harvey 2005-07-12 08:21:26 UTC
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Description of problem:
If you configure CUPS to require SSL encrypted IPP connections it's possible to crash the CUPS server daemon by quickly and repeatedly requesting pages from the web interface.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
cups-1.1.22-0.rc1.9.6

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure CUPS to require SSL IPP connections.
2. Connect with a web browser to the web interface over the SSL port, eg: https://cupsserver:631/printers/testprinter
3. Hit refresh in the browser quickly several times, the CUPS daemon will crash after ~3 refreshes.
  

Actual Results:  CUPS daemon crashes with the following in /var/log/cups/error_log:
E [12/Jul/2005:09:07:34 +0100] CloseClient: error:1409F07F:SSL routines:SSL3_WRITE_PENDING:bad write retry
E [12/Jul/2005:09:07:34 +0100] CloseClient: error:1409F07F:SSL routines:SSL3_WRITE_PENDING:bad write retry


Expected Results:  Daemon shouldn't crash :)

Additional info:

Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2005-08-02 12:35:44 UTC
How precisely are you configuring CUPS to require SSL IPP connections?  Are you
putting "Encryption Required" in cupsd.conf?  Which section are you putting it in?

Comment 2 Pete Harvey 2005-08-15 14:13:37 UTC
Config file snippet:


SSLPort 443
..

<Location /printers>
 Order Deny,Allow
 Allow From x.x.x.x/24
 AuthType Basic
 AuthClass User
 Encryption required
 Satisfy all
</Location>


Comment 3 Tim Waugh 2005-08-15 16:00:57 UTC
2. Connect with a web browser to the web interface over the SSL port, eg:
https://cupsserver:631/printers/testprinter

Can you clarify this please?  Do you mean
'https://cupsserver:443/printers/testprinter'?

Comment 5 Pete Harvey 2005-08-16 10:07:20 UTC
Yep sorry, that should've been:

SSLPort 631

Comment 6 Tim Waugh 2005-10-05 12:49:34 UTC
Confirmed.

Comment 8 Tim Waugh 2005-10-05 13:28:30 UTC
Reported upstream as: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1290

Comment 17 Bob Johnson 2006-04-11 16:37:47 UTC
This issue is on Red Hat Engineering's list of planned work items 
for the upcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.4 release.  Engineering 
resources have been assigned and barring unforeseen circumstances, Red 
Hat intends to include this item in the 4.4 release.

Comment 21 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-08-10 21:20:38 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2006-0323.html



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