Use-after-free vulnerability in the abstract file-descriptor handling interface in the...

Vulnerability Description

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.

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/37364
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11183
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-906-1
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1595.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37048
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
• http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php/newsgroups.php?v5996+gcups.bugs
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jan/msg00000.html
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37360
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:073
• http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3200
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530111
• http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php/newsgroups.php?v5994+gcups.bugs
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00332.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38241
• http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php/newsgroups.php?v6055+gcups.bugs
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-275230-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0173