APP: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Command Argument Processing Stack Overflow

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in the IBM Informix Server. A successful attack can lead to a buffer overflow and arbitrary remote code execution within the context of the server.

Extended Description

IBM Informix Dynamic Server is prone to multiple remote vulnerabilities: - Two buffer-overflow vulnerabilities. - An unspecified vulnerability when handling malformed packets. An attacker can exploit these issues to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges. Successfully exploiting these issues will result in the complete compromise of affected computers. Failed exploit attempts will cause denial-of-service conditions.

Affected Products

Ibm informix_ids

Short Name
APP:IBM:INFORMIX-CMD-OF
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
APP
Keywords
Argument CVE-2006-3853 CVE-2006-3854 CVE-2008-0727 Command Dynamic IBM Informix Overflow Processing Server Stack bid:19264 bid:28198
Release Date
09/28/2010
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-19.4

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

vsrx-19.2

srx-19.3

srx-branch-12.3

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3669
Port
TCP/1526
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Ibm

CVSS Score

8.5

7.5

5.1

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