CVE-2009-4443
Unspecified vulnerability in the psearch (aka persistent search) functionality in Directory Proxy Server (DPS) in Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0 through 6.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (psearch outage) by using a crafted psearch client to send requests that trigger a psearch thread loop, aka Bug Id 6855978.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.1% (82th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4410)
- Published
- December 28, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4410 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sun / java system directory server
- sun / java system directory server
- sun / java system directory server
- sun / java system directory server
- sun / java system directory server
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37915
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141958-01-1(Patch)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270789-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37481
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023389
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3647
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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