‘Critical’ CUPS vulnerability chain easy to use for massive DDoS attacks

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Infosec In Brief  The critical vulnerability in the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) reported last week might have required some very particular circumstances to exploit, but Akamai researchers are warning the same vulnerabilities can easily be exploited for mass DDoS attacks. …