CVE-2009-1093

Description

LdapCtx in the LDAP service in Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 17 and earlier; 6 Update 12 and earlier; SDK and JRE 1.3.1_24 and earlier; and 1.4.2_19 and earlier does not close the connection when initialization fails, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (LDAP service hang).

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 7.45% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:137 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34632 third party advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01745133 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35156 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34675 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00003.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35776 third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-109.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34489 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1038.html vendor advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1198.html vendor advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124344236532162&w=2 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0394.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34495 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021893 vdb entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-118667-19-1 patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/36185 third party advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0377.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35255 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1426 vdb entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254569-1 patch vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:162 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2009-091332.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0392.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35223 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34240 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11343 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/34496 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6676 vdb entry signature
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-748-1 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1769 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35416 third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-108.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1093?
CVE-2009-1093 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1093?
To fix CVE-2009-1093, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-1093 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1093 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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