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GHSA-RJPW-FJC2-VVF4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 18:39 – Updated: 2022-05-01 18:39

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** DISPUTED ** 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."

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CVE-2007-6059 (GCVE-0-2007-6059)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-11-20 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:54 Disputed

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
http://osvdb.org/45299	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Date Public

2007-11-16 00:00

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GHSA-RJPW-FJC2-VVF4

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