>> IBM Director CIM Server Connections Handling Denial of Service Issue
Title : IBM Director CIM Server Connections Handling Denial of Service Issue VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3942 CVE ID : CVE-2007-5612
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-11-21
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in IBM Director, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in the CIM Server when handling client connections, which could be exploited by remote attackes to exhaust all available memory resources by establishing multiple simultaneous connections, creating a denial of service condition.
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