CVE-2004-2490

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.xC1 and 9.40.xC2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long GL_PATH environment variable.

Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.xC1 and 9.40.xC2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long GL_PATH environment variable.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

IBM Informix

First reported 20 years ago

2004-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-11 01:31:00

Affected Software

IBM Informix IDS 9.40.UC1

9.40.uc1

IBM Informix IDS 9.40.UC2

9.40.uc2

IBM Informix Extended Parallel Server 8.40 UC1

8.40_uc1

IBM Informix Extended Parallel Server 8.40 UC2

8.40_uc2

References

20030314 SRT2004-01-18-0747 - IBM Informix IDS 9.4 contains multiple vulnerabilities

10737

Vendor Advisory

3756

9511

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21153336

Vendor Advisory

informix-ids-glpath-bo(14949)

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