# CVE-2007-4045: The CUPS service, as used in SUSE Linux before 20070720 and other Linux distributions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-07-27 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/27577
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28113
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00238.html
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199195
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1022.html
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-476.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26524
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27615
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=250161
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1023.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:036
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9303

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