CVE-2009-4442 Information

Description

Directory Proxy Server (DPS) in Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0 through 6.3.1 does not properly implement the max-client-connections configuration setting which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) by making multiple connections and performing no operations on these connections aka Bug Id 6648665.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/37915 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141958-01-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270789-1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37481 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023389 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3647