Sun ONE Directory Server 5.2 - Remote Denial of Service

EDB-ID:

27171




Platform:

Multiple

Date:

2006-02-08


source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16550/info

Sun ONE Directory Server is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability. This issue is due to the application's failure to handle malformed network traffic.

This issue allows remote attackers to crash the application, denying service to legitimate users. 

Sample Python code has been provided by Evgeny Legerov that may demonstrate this issue:

from socket import *