CVE-2006-3854
N/A
Published: August 17, 2006 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:27 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorInformix Dynamic Database Server
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.TC7, 9.40.TC8, 10.00.TC4, and 10.00.TC5, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long username, which causes an overflow in vsprintf when displaying in the resulting error message. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2006-3853.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (5)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1409x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdfMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443133/100/0/threadedMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443150/100/0/threadedVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28381Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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