CVE-2007-0720 Denial of service in n/a
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-0720 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2007-0720 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 13 Mar 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0720 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Apple Mac Os X. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0720/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0720/index.md)
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in CUPS by initiating a partially-negotiated SSL connection, hanging the service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-0720?
CVE-2007-0720 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 13 Mar 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0720?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.42 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.42 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.42 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.42 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.42 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.42 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.42 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.42 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.42 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.42 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.42 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.42 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.42 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.42 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.42 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:1.1.17-13.3.42 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.18 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 1:1.2.4-11.5.1.el5 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 1:1.2.4-11.5.1.el5 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 1:1.2.4-11.5.1.el5 |
cups-lpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 1:1.2.4-11.5.1.el5 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 1:1.2.4-11.5.1.el5 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 1:1.2.4-11.5.1.el5 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 1:1.2.4-11.5.1.el5 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 1:1.2.4-11.5.1.el5 |
Products include Apple Mac Os X, Cups Cups.
How do I fix CVE-2007-0720?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-0720 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0720 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0720, GHSA-vxfh-xhpf-gvm6, RHSA-2007:0123.