Gentoo 200703-28 Normal: CUPS Service Disruption Due to SSL Handling

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200703-28 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: CUPS: Denial of Service Date: March 31, 2007 Bugs: #170881 ID: 200703-28

Synopsis ======= CUPS incorrectly handles partially-negotiated SSL connections allowing for a Denial of Service.
Background ========= CUPS provides a portable printing layer for UNIX-based operating systems.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-print/cups < 1.2.9 >= 1.2.9
========== CUPS does not properly handle partially-negotiated SSL connections. Upon receiving a partially-negotiated SSL connection, CUPS no longer accepts further incoming connections, as the initia...