CVE-2002-1372

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.

Date published : 2004-09-01

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6440

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104032149026670&w=2