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IBM Director CIM Server Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27752
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Release Date:
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2007-11-21
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Popularity:
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3,128 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | IBM Director 5.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-5612
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in IBM Director, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to the improper handling of requests being sent to the CIM server. This can be exploited to consume large amounts of CPU and crash the server by establishing multiple simultaneous connections to the CIM server.
The vulnerability is reported in versions 5.20.1 and prior.
Solution:
Apply the vendor update.
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=dmp
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Juniper Networks.
Original Advisory:
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=dmp
Other References:
US-CERT VU#512193:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/512193
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