CVE-2007-4045 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 27 Jul 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in CUPS via SSL negotiation flaws, affecting Linux distributions using this printing 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-2007-4045?

CVE-2007-4045 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Cups, published on 27 Jul 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4045?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Cups, Fedoraproject Fedora.

How do I fix CVE-2007-4045?

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-2007-4045 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4045 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Apple Cups vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4045, GHSA-6rcr-7f7h-w6qx.