Bug 393821 (CVE-2007-6059)

Summary: CVE-2007-6059 Javamail DoS
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Marc Schoenefeld <mschoene>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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URL: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-11/0239.html
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Description Marc Schoenefeld 2007-11-21 09:22:06 UTC 
CVE Description: 

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.
Comment 1 Robert Buchholz 2008-01-15 15:45:24 UTC 
CVE was disputed, quoting:
Sun disputes this issue, stating "The report makes references to source code and
files that do not exist in the mentioned products."