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Improper Authentication

CVE-2010-2927

Medium
5/10

Summary

The slapi_printmessage function in IBM Tivoli Directory Server (ITDS) before 6.0.0.8-TIV-ITDS-IF0006 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via multiple incomplete DIGEST-MD5 connection attempts.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published