CVE-2009-5072 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2009-5072

Memory leak in the ldap_explode_dn function in IBM Tivoli Directory...

Vulnerability Description

Memory leak in the ldap_explode_dn function in IBM Tivoli Directory Server (TDS) 6.0 before 6.0.0.61 (aka 6.0.0.8-TIV-ITDS-IF0003) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an empty string argument.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

tivoli directory server
Vulnerable Versions:
6.0, 6.0.0.0, 6.0.0.1, 6.0.0.7, 6.0.0.8, 6.0.0.14, 6.0.0.19, 6.0.0.33, 6.0.0.41, 6.0.0.45, 6.0.0.52, 6.0.0.53, 6.0.0.54, 6.0.0.55, 6.0.0.56, 6.0.0.57, 6.0.0.58, 6.0.0.59, 6.0.0.60

Timeline

Official Publish: April 21st, 2011
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.