CVE ID:	CVE-2002-1372
Description:	Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 does not properly check the return values of various file and socket operations, which could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by causing file descriptors to be assigned and not released, as demonstrated by fanta.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-1372 Bugtraq: 20021219 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 12.19.02: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) (Google Search) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104032149026670&w=2 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0117.html http://www.idefense.com/advisory/12.19.02.txt Conectiva Linux advisory: CLSA-2003:702 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000702 Debian Security Information: DSA-232 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-232 http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:001 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2002:295 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-295.html SuSE Security Announcement: SuSE-SA:2003:002 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_002_cups.html BugTraq ID: 6440 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6440 XForce ISS Database: cups-file-descriptor-dos(10912) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/10912

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