CVE-2009-1219 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Sun Calendar Server daemon by sending multiple requests with alphabetic characters in the tzid parameter.
- 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-2009-1219?
CVE-2009-1219 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Apr 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Sun Calendar Express Web Server in Sun ONE Calendar Server 6.0 and Sun Java System Calendar Server 6 2004Q2 through 6.3-7.01 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via multiple requests to the default URI with alphabetic characters in the tzid parameter.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1219?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Java System Calendar Server, Sun One Calendar Server.
How do I fix CVE-2009-1219?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-1219 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-2009-1219 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-1219 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cmp3-fqpg-7rmx.