CVE-2009-0879

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0879
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-12 15:20:49 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long consumer name, as demonstrated by an M-POST request to a long /CIMListener/ URI.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ibm Director 3.1.1 All All All
Application Ibm Director 4.10 All All All
Application Ibm Director 4.11 All All All
Application Ibm Director 4.12 All All All
Application Ibm Director 4.20 All All All
Application Ibm Director 4.21 All All All
Application Ibm Director 4.22 All All All
Application Ibm Director 5.10.0 All All All
Application Ibm Director 5.10.1 All All All
Application Ibm Director 5.10.2 All All All
Application Ibm Director 5.10.3 All All All
Application Ibm Director 5.20.0 All All All
Application Ibm Director 5.20.1 All All All
Application Ibm Director 5.20.2 All All All
Application Ibm Director All service_update_1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM Director CIM Server Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM Systems Director 2020/12/08 07:35:13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www14.software.ibm.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM Director 5.20.3su2 CIM Server - Remote Denial of Service - Windows dos Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
404 - Page not found! - SEC Consult af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sec-consult.com Exploit
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM Director CIM Server Consumer Name Validation Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IBM Director CIM Server Consumer Name Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
osvdb.org/52615 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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