CVE-2007-0720

Description

The CUPS service on multiple platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service hang) via a "partially-negotiated" SSL connection, which prevents other requests from being accepted.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 21.89% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory fedoranews.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=232243	third party advisory issue tracking
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:086	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25119	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24660	third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-194.htm	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26083	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24878	third party advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/24517	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26413	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463846/100/0/threaded	mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html	vendor advisory broken link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html	vendor advisory mailing list
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11046	signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22948	third party advisory vdb entry
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214	broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0123.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017750	third party advisory vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-28.xml	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_9_sr.html	vendor advisory broken link
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1173	broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24895	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0949	third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930	third party advisory vdb entry
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2785	vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24530	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23127	third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/25497	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0720?: CVE-2007-0720 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0720?: To fix CVE-2007-0720, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-0720 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-0720 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~22% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.