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CVE-2009-4442

Directory Proxy Server (DPS) in Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0 through 6.3.1 does not properly implement the max-client-connections co…

Impact

Directory Proxy Server (DPS) in Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0 through 6.3.1 does not properly implement the max-client-connections configuration setting, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) by making multiple connections and performing no operations on these connections, aka Bug Id 6648665.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
SunJava System Directory Server
Versions 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.3.1

Weakness classification

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