CVE-2004-2490 (GCVE-0-2004-2490)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-10-25 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:29
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.xC1 and 9.40.xC2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long GL_PATH environment variable.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9511 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107524391217364&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/10737 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.osvdb.org/3756 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg2… x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2004-01-28 00:00
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