CVE-2004-2490 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2004-2490

Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.xC1 and...

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.xC1 and 9.40.xC2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long GL_PATH environment variable.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

informix dynamic server, informix extended parallel server
Vulnerable Versions:
9.40.uc1, 9.40.uc2, 8.40_uc1, 8.40_uc2

Timeline

Official Publish: October 25th, 2005
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.