Denial of Service Vulnerability in CUPS Daemon

CVE-2005-2874 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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