5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2007-0720
CUPS SSL Connection Denial of Service Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 13, 2007, 9:19 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:26 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-0720 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple mac_os_x
1 Cups cups
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-0720.

URL Resource
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2785 Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24517 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24530 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24660 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24878 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24895 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25119 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25497 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26083 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26413 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-28.xml Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-194.htm Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:086 Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_9_sr.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0123.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463846/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22948 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23127 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017750 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0949 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=232243 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1173 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11046 Third Party Advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2785 Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24517 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24530 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24660 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24878 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24895 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25119 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25497 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26083 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26413 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-28.xml Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-194.htm Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:086 Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_9_sr.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0123.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463846/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22948 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23127 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017750 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0949 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=232243 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1173 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11046 Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2007-0720 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-0720 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 No Types Assigned http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2785 No Types Assigned http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2785 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html Patch, Vendor Advisory http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24517 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/24517 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24530 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/24530 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24660 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/24660 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24878 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/24878 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24895 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/24895 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25119 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/25119 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25497 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/25497 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26083 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/26083 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26413 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/26413 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-28.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-28.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-194.htm No Types Assigned http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-194.htm Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:086 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:086 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_9_sr.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_9_sr.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0123.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0123.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463846/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463846/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22948 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22948 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23127 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23127 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017750 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017750 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html US Government Resource http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 Vendor Advisory http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0949 Vendor Advisory http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0949 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=232243 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=232243 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1173 No Types Assigned https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1173 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11046 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11046 Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-399
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cups:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:cups:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.2.8
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.4.9
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/463846/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463846/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11046 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11046 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 14, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-0720 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-0720 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.02 }} -0.68%

score

0.91131

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability