CVE-2010-0302

Publication date 3 March 2010

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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 before 1.4.4, when kqueue or epoll is used, 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-3553.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cups 9.10 karmic
Fixed 1.4.1-5ubuntu2.4
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.6
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 1.3.9-2ubuntu9.5
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
cupsys 9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1.3.7-1ubuntu3.8
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-906-1
    • CUPS vulnerabilities
    • 3 March 2010

Other references