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Sun ONE Directory Server Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for denial of service vulnerability in Sun ONE Directory Server

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

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.

See also :

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/dailydave/2006-q1/0129.html

Solution :

Unknown at this time.

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 2.3
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:N/I:N/A:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 16550

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2006 Tenable Network Security

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