Vulnerable Systems:
* Sun Microsystems Directory Server
Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within Sun Directory Server's DSML-over-HTTP implementation and can be triggered via an HTTP POST request to the webserver that the application has bound to. When the service processes a search request with a malformed username, the application will dereference a null pointer causing any future queries made against the webserver to fail. This will lead to a denial of service against the affected service.