Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-3854 - Unspecified vulnerability in IBM Informix Dynamic Database Server
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.TC7, 9.40.TC8, 10.00.TC4, and 10.00.TC5, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long username, which causes an overflow in vsprintf when displaying in the resulting error message. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2006-3853.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 4 |
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1409
- http://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443133/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443150/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28381