FKIE_CVE-2007-6059

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-11-20 20:46 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:47
Severity
Summary
Javamail does not properly handle a series of invalid login attempts in which the same e-mail address is entered as username and password, and the domain portion of this address yields a Java UnknownHostException error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection pool exhaustion) via a large number of requests, resulting in a SQLNestedException. NOTE: Sun disputes this issue, stating "The report makes references to source code and files that do not exist in the mentioned products.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-11/0239.htmlExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/45299
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-11/0239.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/45299
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sun javamail *
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