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CVE-2007-4045 json

The CUPS service, as used in SUSE Linux before 20070720 and other Linux distributions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…

published 2007-07-27 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-4029

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.6%
EPSS 4.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The CUPS service, as used in SUSE Linux before 20070720 and other Linux distributions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors related to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-0720 that introduced a different denial of service problem in SSL negotiation.

Patch / fix

  • apple cups 1.2.0
  • cups Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4045

  • cups RHEL 3 1:1.1.17-13.3.46
  • cups-libs RHEL 3 1:1.1.17-13.3.46
  • cups RHEL 4 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_5.2
  • cups-libs RHEL 4 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_5.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:1023RHSA-2007:1022

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-4045 updated

Incomplete fix for CVE-2007-0720 CUPS denial of service

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.46, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.46 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.46, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.46
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1023
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_5.2, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_5.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_5.2, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1022
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.46, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.46
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1023
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_5.2, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1022
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.46, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.46
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1023
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_5.2, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1022

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Exploit prediction

4.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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