Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2005-2874 json

The is_path_absolute function in scheduler/client.c for the daemon in CUPS before 1.1.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servi…

published 2005-09-13 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2875

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.0%
EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The is_path_absolute function in scheduler/client.c for the daemon in CUPS before 1.1.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by tight loop) via a "..\.." URL in an HTTP request.

Patch / fix

  • cups Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1.23-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2874

  • cups RHEL 4 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8
  • cups-libs RHEL 4 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:772

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-2874 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:772

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168072 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1012811 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.