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Sun ONE Directory Server LDAP Malformed Packet DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20888

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Synopsis

The remote LDAP server is prone to denial of service attacks.

Description

The remote host appears to be running Sun ONE Directory Server, an LDAP directory from Sun.

The version of Sun ONE Directory Server fails to handle certain malformed search requests. A user can leverage this issue to crash not just the LDAP server but also the entire application on the remote host.

Solution

Upgrade to Sun ONE Directory Server 5.2patch5.

See Also

https://seclists.org/dailydave/2006/q1/128

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20888

File Name: sunone_ldap_dos.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: remote

Published: 2/13/2006

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0647

BID: 16550