CVE-2006-0647

Java System Directory Server vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

9.7%

EPSS pct

95th

Exploited

No known

LDAP service in Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2, running on Linux and possibly other platforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation error) via an LDAP packet with a crafted subtree search request, as demonstrated using the ProtoVer LDAP test suite.

Affected vendor

Sun

Affected product

Java System Directory Server

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published

2006-02-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 9.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

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