Description
The cupsDoAuthentication function in auth.c in the client in CUPS before 1.4.4, when HAVE_GSSAPI is omitted, does not properly handle a demand for authorization, which allows remote CUPS servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED responses.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://cups.org/str.php?L3518 ↗
- http://cups.org/articles.php?L596 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176 ↗
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:146 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43521 ↗