CVE-2009-1291

Summary

CVECVE-2009-1291
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-04-30 20:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in TIBCO SmartSockets before 6.8.2, SmartSockets Product Family (aka RTworks) before 4.0.5, and Enterprise Message Service (EMS) 4.0.0 through 5.1.1, as used in SmartSockets Server and RTworks Server (aka RTserver), SmartSockets client libraries and add-on products, RTworks libraries and components, EMS Server (aka tibemsd), SmartMQ, iProcess Engine, ActiveMatrix products, and CA Enterprise Communicator, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "inbound data," as demonstrated by requests to the UDP interface of the RTserver component, and data injection into the TCP stream to tibemsd.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tibco Enterprise Message Service 4.0.0 All All All
Application Tibco Enterprise Message Service 4.1.0 All All All
Application Tibco Enterprise Message Service 4.2.0 All All All
Application Tibco Enterprise Message Service 4.3.0 All All All
Application Tibco Enterprise Message Service 4.4.1 All All All
Application Tibco Enterprise Message Service 4.4.2 All All All
Application Tibco Enterprise Message Service All All All All
Application Tibco Rtworks 4.0.3 All All All
Application Tibco Rtworks 4.0.4 All All All
Application Tibco Smartsockets 6.8.0 All All All
Application Tibco Smartsockets 6.8.1 All All All
Application Tibco Smartsockets Rtserver 6.8.0 All All All
Application Tibco Smartsockets Rtserver All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Harmony Security : Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.harmonysecurity.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.tibco.com Vendor Advisory
Public Advisory: 04.28.09 // iDefense Labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.idefense.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
TIBCO SmartSockets RTserver Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
TIBCO | Security Advisories for TIBCO Products af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.tibco.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.tibco.com Vendor Advisory
TIBCO SmartSockets Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
TIBCO | TIBCO Security Advisory FAQ: SmartSockets, SmartSockets Product Family Modules (formerly RTworks), Enterprise Message Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.tibco.com Vendor Advisory
TIBCO SmartSockets Stack Overflow in RTserver Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.tibco.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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