CVE-2006-3854 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2006-3854

Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.TC7, 9.40.TC8,...

Vulnerability 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.

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 database server
Vulnerable Versions:
9.40.tc7, 9.40.tc8, 10.00.tc4, 10.00.tc5

Timeline

Official Publish: August 17th, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.