High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 4, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2024-47850

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.)

Patches

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References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/04/1nvd
github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/security/advisories/GHSA-rq86-c7g6-r2h8nvd
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241011-0002/nvd
www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/october-cups-ddos-threatnvd

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