Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-2753 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in IBM Informix Dynamic Server

047910
CVSS 10.0 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
ibm
CWE-119
critical
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2010-03-05
Updated: 2018-10-10

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in the authentication functionality in librpc.dll in the Informix Storage Manager (ISM) Portmapper service (aka portmap.exe), as used in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 10.x before 10.00.TC9 and 11.x before 11.10.TC3, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted parameter size.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Ibm
28

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Exploit-Db

descriptionMultiple Vendor librpc.dll Signedness Error Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. CVE-2009-2753,CVE-2009-2754. Dos exploits for multiple platform
idEDB-ID:12109
last seen2016-02-01
modified2010-04-08
published2010-04-08
reporterZSploit.com
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/12109/
titleMultiple Vendor librpc.dll Signedness Error Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Saint

bid38471
descriptionInformix Dynamic Server librpc.dll credentials length buffer overflow
iddatabase_informix_idsver
osvdb62783
titleinformix_librpc_credentials_length
typeremote

References