Recently patched CUPS flaw can be used to amplify DDoS attacks
October 3, 2024 at 06:36PM A vulnerability in the Common Unix Printing System allows threat actors to initiate DDoS attacks with a 600x amplification factor. This exploit, triggered by a single UDP packet, can quickly recruit vulnerable servers for attacks and cause an “infinite loop” of requests, especially on outdated CUPS versions. Akamai and Cloudflare … Read more