CVE-2006-4175 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Sun Java System Directory Server LDAP service by sending malformed BER queries, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-4175?
CVE-2006-4175 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Mar 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The LDAP server (ns-slapd) in Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 Patch4 and earlier and ONE Directory Server 5.1 and 5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed queries, probably malformed BER queries, which trigger a free of uninitialized memory locations.
Weakness: CWE-824
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4175?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Java System Directory Server, Sun One Directory Server.
How do I fix CVE-2006-4175?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-4175 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-4175 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4175 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-59cj-c3fq-4chw.