CVE-2009-3553
high-risk
Published 2009-11-20
Use-after-free vulnerability in the abstract file-descriptor handling interface in the cupsdDoSelect function in scheduler/select.c in the scheduler in cupsd in CUPS 1.3.7 and 1.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or hang) via a client disconnection during listing of a large number of print jobs, related to improperly maintaining a reference count. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Do I need to act?
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9.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.5/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (12)
Affected Vendors
References (44)
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/37360
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/37364
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/38241
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004
Broken Link
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3200
Mailing List
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37048
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-906-1
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530111
and 24 more references
54
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
26/34 · High
Exploitability
11/34 · Low
Exposure
17/34 · Moderate