CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-3127

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A memory leak exists in Network Security Services (NSS) 3.11, as used in Sun Java Enterprise System 2003Q4 through 2005Q1 and Java System Directory Server 5.2. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) by performing a large number of RSA cryptographic operations.

Risk Assessment

A remote attacker can trigger excessive memory consumption, leading to service unavailability or instability of directory and Java Enterprise services. This results in downtime for critical user-facing services.

Recommendation

Upgrade NSS to a version later than 3.11 or apply the vendor-supplied patch (Sun/Oracle). Consider limiting concurrent RSA operations and monitoring memory usage on Directory Server instances.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Memory leak in Network Security Services (NSS) 3.11, as used in Sun Java Enterprise System 2003Q4 through 2005Q1 and Java System Directory Server 5.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by performing a large number of RSA cryptographic operations.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS