Secunia Security Advisory - IBM has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Informix Storage Manager, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
IBM Informix Storage Manager XDR Library Multiple Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28689
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28689/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From local network
SOFTWARE:
IBM Informix Dynamic Server 10.x
http://secunia.com/product/11204/
IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11.x
http://secunia.com/product/17365/
DESCRIPTION:
IBM has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Informix Storage
Manager, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to various unspecified errors
within the XDR library used for RPC services. This can be exploited
to cause stack and heap-based buffer overflows by sending specially
crafted RPC calls to a vulnerable service.
The vulnerability is reported in IBM Informix Dynamic Server
10.00.xC8 and below for Windows 32 and IBM Informix Dynamic Server
11.10.xC2 and below for Windows 32 and Windows x64. Unix versions are
reportedly not affected.
SOLUTION:
Apply updates as soon as available or contact the customer support
for a special build.
IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11.10.xC2 or below:
Update to IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11.10.xC2W1 (release planned
end of February 2008)
IBM Informix Dynamic Server 10.00.xC8 or below:
IBM Informix Dynamic Server 10.00.xC8W1 (release planned beginning of
March 2008 )
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21294211
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