National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-4443

Overview

Unspecified vulnerability in the psearch (aka persistent search) functionality in Directory Proxy Server (DPS) in Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0 through 6.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (psearch outage) by using a crafted psearch client to send requests that trigger a psearch thread loop, aka Bug Id 6855978.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 270789

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270789-1

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141958-01-1

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141958-01-1

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-3647

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3647

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1023389

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023389

External Source: BID

Name: 37481

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37481

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37915

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37915