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CVE-2007-0720

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-03-13 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• macOS: before 10.4.9 — fixed in 10.4.9
• cups: before 1.2.8 — fixed in 1.2.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: macOS 10.4.9; cups 1.2.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
• http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2785
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24517
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24530
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24660
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24878
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24895
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25119
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25497
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26083

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