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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-11-20T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:54:26.990Z

Reserved: 2007-11-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-6059

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-11-20T20:46:00.000

Modified: 2024-08-07T16:15:36.017

Link: CVE-2007-6059

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-6059 - Bugzilla