CVE-2004-2490

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-2490
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ibm Informix Dynamic Server 9.40.uc1 All All All
Application Ibm Informix Dynamic Server 9.40.uc2 All All All
Application Ibm Informix Extended Parallel Server 8.40_uc1 All All All
Application Ibm Informix Extended Parallel Server 8.40_uc2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM Informix Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - IBM Informix Database Multiple Local Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM notice: The page you requested cannot be displayed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-1.ibm.com Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/3756 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
'SRT2004-01-18-0747 - IBM Informix IDS 9.4 contains multiple vulnerabilities' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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