Bug 168072 - CAN-2005-2874 Malformed HTTP Request URL denial of service
Summary: CAN-2005-2874 Malformed HTTP Request URL denial of service
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: cups
Version: 4.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
: ---
Assignee: Tim Waugh
QA Contact:
URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1012811
Whiteboard: impact=moderate,reported=20050912,pub...
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-09-12 05:51 UTC by Richard Harman
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: RHSA-2005-772
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2005-09-27 11:52:30 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:772 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: cups security update 2005-09-27 04:00:00 UTC

Description Richard Harman 2005-09-12 05:51:19 UTC
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Description of problem:
Connecting to the CUPS daemon on port 631, and sending a http request "GET /..\.." will cause the daemon to enter a tight loop, and eat up all available CPU.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
cups-1.1.22-0.rc1.9.7

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. telnet example.com 631
2. type "GET /..\.." followed by enter twice
3. denial of service
  

Actual Results:  denial of service, cups daemon eating up 100% CPU

Expected Results:  graceful handling of malformed http request

Additional info:

Security Tracker advisory: http://securitytracker.com/id?1012811
Exploit: http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5WP021PGUW.html
CUPS Release Notes from fixed version: http://www.cups.org/relnotes.php#010123
CUPS bug: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1042+P0+S-1+C0+I0+E0+Q1042

Comment 1 Richard Harman 2005-09-12 05:54:56 UTC
This bug is fixed in CVS, and in the 1.1.23 release of CUPS.

Comment 5 Richard Harman 2005-09-15 01:52:07 UTC
OSVDB advisory: http://www.osvdb.org/12834

NVE Advisory:  http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CAN-2005-2874 (contains
inaccurate information, will update via US-CERT/NVE tomorrow morning)

Correct affected version info: 
    * Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.21
    * Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.22x
    * Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.23rc1

Comment 6 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-09-27 11:52:30 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/RHSA-2005-772.html



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