CVE-2005-2525

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

CUPS in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 does not properly close file descriptors when handling multiple simultaneous print jobs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (printing halt).

CUPS in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 does not properly close file descriptors when handling multiple simultaneous print jobs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (printing halt).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Apple Mac OS X

First reported 19 years ago

2005-08-19 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:51:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9

10.3.9

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2

10.4.2

References

APPLE-SA-2005-08-17

Patch, Vendor Advisory

APPLE-SA-2005-08-15

Patch, Vendor Advisory

1014698

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