CVE-2006-3854 (GCVE-0-2006-3854)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-08-17 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 18:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443150/100… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443133/100… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1409 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON |
| http://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/Database… | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2006-08-01 00:00
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