CVE-2005-2874 Information

Description

The is_path_absolute function in scheduler/client.c for the daemon in CUPS before 1.1.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by tight loop) via a ..\..\ URL in an HTTP request.

Reference

http://lwn.net/Alerts/152835/ http://securitytracker.com/id?1012811 http://www.cups.org/relnotes.php010123 http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1042+P0+S-1+C0+I0+E0+Q1042 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-772.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168072 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9774