CVE-2007-5612

IBM Director <= 5.20.1 - Denial of Service via CIM Server Connection Exhaustion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

CIM Server in IBM Director 5.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption, connection slot exhaustion, and daemon crash) via a large number of idle connections.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MIMG-78YMXE
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26509
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38583
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/512193
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27752
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018985
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3942

Scores

EPSS 0.0239
EPSS Percentile 82.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (4)
ibm/director
ibm/director 3.1
ibm/director 5.10
ibm/director 5.10.3
Published Nov 21, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026