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CVE-2006-3857

N/A
Published: August 8, 2006 at 10:00 PM 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

Multiple buffer overflows in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) before 9.40.TC6 and 10.00 before 10.00.TC3 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via (1) the getname function, as used by (a) _sq_remview, (b) _sq_remproc, (c) _sq_remperms, (d) _sq_distfetch, and (e) _sq_dcatalog; and the (2) SET DEBUG FILE, (3) IFX_FILE_TO_FILE, (4) FILETOCLOB, (5) LOTOFILE, and (6) DBINFO functions (product defect IDs 171649, 171367, 171387, 171391, 171906, 172179).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (19)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/21301
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21242921
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdf
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Source: [email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/27681
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Source: [email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/27682
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Source: [email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/27683
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Source: [email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/27687
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Source: [email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/27688

CVSS

6.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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