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CVE-2025-58436 (GCVE-0-2025-58436)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-29 02:15 – Updated: 2025-12-03 15:23
VLAI
Title
OpenPrinting CUPS slow client can halt cupsd, leading to a possible DoS attack
Summary
OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Prior to version 2.4.15, a client that connects to cupsd but sends slow messages, e.g. only one byte per second, delays cupsd as a whole, such that it becomes unusable by other clients. This issue has been patched in version 2.4.15.
Severity
5.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-03 15:23 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
OpenPrinting cups Affected: < 2.4.15
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