CUPS resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in CUPS. It has been declared as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-0720. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CUPS (Printing Software) (version now known). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 03/13/2007. The weakness was shared 03/13/2007 with Apple (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-0720 since 02/05/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67462 (Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : cups (ELSA-2007-0123)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115527 (Apple Mac OS X 10.4.9 and Security Update 2007-003 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2007-03-13)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32967), Tenable (67462), SecurityFocus (BID 23127†), OSVDB (34072†) and Secunia (SA24479†). The entries VDB-2060, VDB-2621, VDB-2709 and VDB-2824 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 67462
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : cups (ELSA-2007-0123)
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OpenVAS ID: 58841
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: cups-base
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0720 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0720
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35594

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X-Force: 32967
SecurityFocus: 23127 - CUPS Partial SSL Connection Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 24479 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 34072 - CVE-2007-0720 - CUPS - Denial-Of-Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1017750
Vulnerability Center: 14636 - CUPS Service Denial of Service via \, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-0930

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 07/16/2019 17:53
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (84), 07/16/2019 17:53 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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