CVE-2009-4442
Directory Proxy Server (DPS) in Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0 through 6.3.1 does not properly implement the max-client-connections configuration setting, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Directory Proxy Server (DPS) in Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0 through 6.3.1 does not properly implement the max-client-connections configuration setting, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) by making multiple connections and performing no operations on these connections, aka Bug Id 6648665.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.48% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-16
- Affected
- sun/java system directory server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37915
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141958-01-1Patch
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270789-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37481
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023389
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3647
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37915
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141958-01-1Patch
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270789-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37481
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023389
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3647
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.