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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2007-0720 json

The CUPS service on multiple platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service hang) via a "partially-negotiated" SSL…

published 2007-03-13 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-0717

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.5%
EPSS 5.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • cups cups 1.2.8
  • apple mac_os_x 10.4.9
  • cups Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.7-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0720

  • cups RHEL 3 1:1.1.17-13.3.42
  • cups RHEL 4 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18
  • cups RHEL 5 1:1.2.4-11.5.1.el5
  • cups-lpd RHEL 5 1:1.2.4-11.5.1.el5
  • cups-libs RHEL 3 1:1.1.17-13.3.42
  • cups-libs RHEL 4 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18
  • cups-libs RHEL 5 1:1.2.4-11.5.1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0123

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-2007-0720 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.42, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.42 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) cups 1.2.4-11.5.1.el5, cups-lpd 1.2.4-11.5.1.el5, cups-libs 1.2.4-11.5.1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.42, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.42 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) cups 1.2.4-11.5.1.el5, cups-lpd 1.2.4-11.5.1.el5, cups-libs 1.2.4-11.5.1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18
    +5 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) cups 1.2.4-11.5.1.el5, cups-lpd 1.2.4-11.5.1.el5, cups-libs 1.2.4-11.5.1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.42, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.42 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.42, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.42 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0123

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Exploit prediction

5.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% 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

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.