# CVE-2007-5281: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Hitachi Cosminexus products via malicious SSL/TLS handshake requests.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Oct 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** CVE-2007-5286, GHSA-7f3h-668h-399r

## What is CVE-2007-5281?

CVE-2007-5281 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) in the Hitachi Cosminexus Developer's Kit for Java in various Hitachi Cosminexus 7.5 products before 07-50-01, when using JSSE for SSL/TLS support, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via certain SSL/TLS handshake requests.  NOTE: this may be the same as CVE-2007-3698.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5281?

It affects 8 products.


Products: Hitachi Ucosminexus Application Server Enterprise, Hitachi Ucosminexus Application Server Standard, Hitachi Ucosminexus Client, Hitachi Ucosminexus Developer Professional, Hitachi Ucosminexus Developer Standard, Hitachi Ucosminexus Operator, Hitachi Ucosminexus Service Architect, Hitachi Ucosminexus Service Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-5281?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5281 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-5281 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5281 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2007-4758](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4758/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-4759](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4759/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2007-4760](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4760/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-5281 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-5281 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5281 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5281/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5281/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5281
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5281
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-5281

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5281/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.