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Informix Dynamic Server Long Password Remote Denial of Service

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5191

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable a remote denial of service attack.

Description

The remote host is running the Informix Dynamic server. According to its banner, the installed version is vulnerable to a remote denial of service attack when the application processes passwords of length greater than 512 bytes through a JDBC connection.

Solution

Upgrade to Informix Dynamic Server 10.00.xC11, 11.10.xC4, or 11.50.xC5

See Also

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC61195

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 5191

Family: Database

Published: 9/29/2009

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:informix_dynamic_server

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3470

BID: 36538