CVE-2007-6059

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…

published November 20, 2007

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
77.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01760 · 77.7th percentile
Published
2007-11-20T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 NOV 20:00Z
    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…
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