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CVE-2009-1093

LdapCtx in the LDAP service in Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 17 and earlie

LdapCtx in the LDAP service in Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 17 and earlier.

6 Update 12 and earlier.

SDK and JRE 1.3.1_24 and earlier.

and 1.4.2_19 and earlier does not close the connection when initialization fails, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (LDAP service hang).

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.09448
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Affected Products & Versions

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sun jdk<= 1.5.0
sun jdk<= 1.6.0
sun jdkall versions
sun jre<= 1.5.0
sun jre<= 1.6.0
sun jreall versions
sun jre<= 1.3.1_24

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5
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD25 Mar 2009 · 11:30 PM

Vendor Advisories

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rhsaRHSA-2010:0043Important
rhsaRHSA-2009:1662Important
rhsaRHSA-2009:0392Important
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