Sun ONE Directory Server 5.2 - Remote Denial of Service

Author: Evgeny Legerov
type: dos
platform: multiple
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date_added: 2006-02-08 
date_updated: 2013-07-28 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2006-0647;OSVDB-22996 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16550/info

Sun ONE Directory Server is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability. This issue is due to the application's failure to handle malformed network traffic.

This issue allows remote attackers to crash the application, denying service to legitimate users.

Sample Python code has been provided by Evgeny Legerov that may demonstrate this issue:

from socket import *