FKIE_CVE-2006-3854

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-08-17 01:04 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:27
Severity
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/1409
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdfExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443133/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443150/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28381
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1409
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdfExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443133/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443150/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28381
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ibm informix_dynamic_database_server 9.40.tc7
ibm informix_dynamic_database_server 9.40.tc8
ibm informix_dynamic_database_server 10.00.tc4
ibm informix_dynamic_database_server 10.00.tc5
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