CVE-2007-5612

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Published Nov 21, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 2.4% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.10.3:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-5587	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.4% (2.393% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/27752
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018985
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/512193
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MIMG-78YMXE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26509
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3942
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38583

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Director

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 3:39 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: certcc
Published: Nov 21, 2007, 10:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 3:39 PM
Reserved: Oct 21, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:46 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 21, 2007, 10:46 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:46 PM

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