CVE-2006-3858

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

This vulnerability is addressed in the following product releases: IBM, Informix IDS, 9.40 xC8 IBM, Informix IDS, 10.00 xC4

IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) before 9.40.xC8 and 10.00 before 10.00.xC4 stores passwords in plaintext in shared memory, which allows local users to obtain passwords by reading the memory (product defects 171893, 171894, 173772).

This vulnerability is addressed in the following product releases: IBM, Informix IDS, 9.40 xC8 IBM, Informix IDS, 10.00 xC4

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

IBM Informix

First reported 18 years ago

2006-08-08 22:04:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-17 21:32:00

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.xC5

9.40.xc5

IBM Informix IDS 9.40.xC7

9.40.xc7

IBM Informix Dynamic Server 10.0

10.0

IBM Informix IDS 10.0.xC1

10.0.xc1

IBM Informix IDS 10.0.xC3

10.0.xc3

References

21301

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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

27691

20060814 Informix - Discovery, Attack and Defense

20060814 Multiple Password Exposures Flaws

19264

Patch

ADV-2006-3077

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

Patch

informix-plaintext-password(28132)

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