Incomplete fix for CVE-2007-0720 CUPS denial of service
Published Jul 27, 2007
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.59%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 7
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.46
Fixed · RHSA-2007:1023
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_5.2
Fixed · RHSA-2007:1022
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.46 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:1023 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20.2.el4_5.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:1022 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.59% (0.04595) | 91.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.59% (0.04595) | 90.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.76% (0.02758) | 84.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.31% (0.04311) | 81.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.61% (0.02606) | 84.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.52% (0.02516) | 90.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 7, 2024 | 2.84% (0.02836) | 90.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 22, 2024 | 3.86% (0.03858) | 91.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 4.08% (0.04077) | 91.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 29, 2023 | 3.94% (0.03938) | 91.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 2, 2023 | 3.90% (0.03896) | 90.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.61% (0.03612) | 90.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (17)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199195 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27577 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27615 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28113 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-476.htm x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:036 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1022.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1023.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26524 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4045 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=250161 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4045
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9303 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4045
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00238.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
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