CVE-2007-6742

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-04-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The get_filter_list function in IBM Tivoli Directory Server (TDS) 5.2 before 5.2.0.5-TIV-ITDS-LA0006 does not properly perform certain sub filter parsing, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed search filter.

Affected products

IBM Tivoli Directory Server: 5.2.0, 5.2.0.4

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IO07450
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24029663
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IO07450
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24029663

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