CVE-2006-3853

Severity

51%

Complexity

49%

Confidentiality

106%

This vulnerability is only present in a Windows environment. This vulnerability is addressed in the following product releases: IBM, Informix IDS, 9.40.TC7 IBM, Informix IDS, 10.00.TC3

Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) before 9.40.TC7 and 10.00 before 10.00.TC3, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long username.

This vulnerability is only present in a Windows environment. This vulnerability is addressed in the following product releases: IBM, Informix IDS, 9.40.TC7 IBM, Informix IDS, 10.00.TC3

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5.1. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

IBM Informix

First reported 18 years ago

2006-08-08 22:04:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-17 21:31:00

Affected Software

IBM Informix IDS 9.4

9.4

IBM Informix IDS 9.40.TC5

9.40.tc5

IBM Informix IDS 9.40.UC1

9.40.uc1

IBM Informix IDS 9.40.UC2

9.40.uc2

IBM Informix IDS 9.40.UC3

9.40.uc3

IBM Informix IDS 9.40.UC5

9.40.uc5

IBM Informix IDS 9.40.xC7

9.40.xc7

IBM Informix Dynamic Server 10.0

10.0

IBM Informix IDS 10.0.xC3

10.0.xc3

References

21301

Patch, Vendor Advisory

http://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdf

27685

20060814 Informix - Discovery, Attack and Defense

20060814 Informix Long Username Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

19264

Patch

ADV-2006-3077

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21242921