Vulnerability · Published Oct 4, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-47850
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in the cups-filters package (AlmaLinux). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
CUPS cups-browsed before 2.5b1 will send an HTTP POST request to an arbitrary destination and port in response to a single IPP UDP packet requesting a printer to be added, a different vulnerability than CVE-2024-47176. (The request is meant to probe the new printer but can be used to create DDoS amplification attacks.)
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | cups-filters | 1.20.0-35.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:7463 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | cups-filters-devel | 1.20.0-35.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:7463 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | cups-filters-libs | 1.20.0-35.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:7463 |
| Debian:12 | cups-filters | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47850 |
| Debian:13 | cups-filters | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47850 |
| Debian:14 | cups-filters | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47850 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | cups-browsed | 2.0.0-0ubuntu10.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47850 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | cups-filters | 1.28.15-0ubuntu1.3 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47850 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups
- https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/october-cups-ddos-threat
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/security/advisories/GHSA-rq86-c7g6-r2h8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/04/1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241011-0002/