PT-2007-6975 · Oracle · Javamail

Published 2007-11-20 · Updated 2024-08-07 · CVE-2007-6059

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Javamail (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue arises when Javamail fails to properly handle a series of invalid login attempts where the same e-mail address is used as both the username and password. Specifically, if the domain portion of the e-mail address triggers a Java UnknownHostException error, it can lead to a denial of service due to connection pool exhaustion. This occurs when a large number of requests are made, resulting in a SQLNestedException. It's worth noting that Sun disputes this issue, claiming the report references non-existent source code and files in the mentioned products.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-6059

Affected Products

Javamail

References · 4

• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-11/0239.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6059 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/89734 · Telegram Post
• http://osvdb.org/45299 · Note