Description
The Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) implementation in CUPS before 1.1.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service hang) via a certain UDP packet to the IPP port.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | cups | 1.1.20final+rc1-6 | — |
| Debian 13 | cups | 1.1.20final+rc1-6 | — |
| Debian 12 | cups | 1.1.20final+rc1-6 | — |
| Debian 3.0 | cupsys | 1.1.14-5woody6 | DSA-545-1 |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 3 | cups +2 | 1:1.1.17-13.3.13 | RHSA-2004:449 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- CUPS 1.1.x - UDP Packet Remote Denial of Service EDB-24599 · dos · Sep 15, 2004 · verified
GitHub 1 repository
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fibonascii/CVE-2004-0558 ★ 0 · Mar 10, 2018
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2004:449 Red Hat Security Advisory: cups security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- DSA-545-1 cupsys - denial of service Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- https://github.com/fibonascii/CVE-2004-0558
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11732 vdb-entry signature
- SUSE-SA:2004:031 vendor-advisory
- 1000757 vendor-advisory
- 11183 vdb-entry
- 57646 vendor-advisory
- FLSA:2072 vendor-advisory
- DSA-545 vendor-advisory
- cups-udp-dos(17389) vdb-entry
- 2004-0047 vendor-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2004-09-30 vendor-advisory
- SCOSA-2004.15 vendor-advisory
- CLA-2004:872 vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2004:097 vendor-advisory
- 201005 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2004:449 vendor-advisory