Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2007-5612

Description

CIM Server in IBM Director 5.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption, connection slot exhaustion, and daemon crash) via a large number of idle connections.

Affected products

IBM/Director4 versions
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

secunia.com/advisories/27752nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/26509nvdPatch
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/512193nvdUS Government Resource
securitytracker.com/idnvd
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MIMG-78YMXEnvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3942nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38583nvd

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