CVE-2007-2697 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or brute-force admin passwords due to lack of failed login limits in the embedded LDAP server.
- 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-2007-2697?
CVE-2007-2697 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Bea Weblogic Server, published on 16 May 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The embedded LDAP server in BEA WebLogic Express and WebLogic Server 7.0 through SP6, 8.1 through SP5, 9.0, and 9.1, when in certain configurations, does not limit or audit failed authentication attempts, which allows remote attackers to more easily conduct brute-force attacks against the administrator password, or flood the server with login attempts and cause a denial of service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2697?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bea Weblogic Server.
How do I fix CVE-2007-2697?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2697 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-2007-2697 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2697 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Bea Weblogic Server
- CVE-2008-3257 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2007-0417 BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 through 7.0 SP7, 8.1 through 8.1 SP5, 9.0, and 9.1, when using the WebLogic Server 6.1 compatibility realm, allows a
- CVE-2003-0640 Privilege escalation in n/a
- CVE-2001-0098 Path traversal in n/a
- CVE-2000-0681 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w6j8-rrq7-6j99.