CVE-2008-3683 describes an unspecified vulnerability within the FTP subsystem of Sun Java System Web Proxy Server versions 4.0 through 4.0.5 before SP6. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service, preventing the server from accepting new connections, likely due to file descriptor exhaustion. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it is a medium-severity vulnerability, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and without authentication, leading to partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_web_proxy_server:4:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_web_proxy_server:4:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_web_proxy_server:4:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_web_proxy_server:4:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_web_proxy_server:4:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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