CVE-2007-0720
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 5.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 5.5% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-0717)
- Published
- March 13, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0717 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- cups / cups
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Apple Mac OS X v10.3.6 and Apple Mac OS X Server V10.3.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0086-2005 - archived
References
- 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)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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