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Unscored CVE-2007-6059 EUVD-2007-6029GHSA-rjpw-fjc2-vvf4

Javamail does not properly handle a series of invalid login attempts in which the same e-mail address is entered as username and password, …

Published Nov 20, 2007 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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. NOTE: Sun disputes this issue, stating "The report makes references to source code and files that do not exist in the mentioned products.

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