CVE-2009-2856 (GCVE-0-2009-2856)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-08-18 22:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) 3.0, when anonymous binding is enabled, does not properly handle a client's attempt to establish an authenticated and encrypted connection, which might allow remote attackers to read cleartext VDI configuration-data requests by sniffing LDAP sessions on the network.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/36330 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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