IBM Director up to 5.20.3 CIMListener input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in IBM Director up to 5.20.3. Impacted is an unknown function of the file CIMListener. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2009-0879. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in IBM Director up to 5.20.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file CIMListener. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long consumer name, as demonstrated by an M-POST request to a long /CIMListener/ URI.

The weakness was disclosed 03/12/2009 by Bernhard Mueller (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at www14.software.ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-0879 since 03/12/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8847.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49285), SecurityFocus (BID 34061†), OSVDB (52615†), Secunia (SA34212†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021825†). The entry VDB-47108 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www14.software.ibm.com
Researcher: Bernhard Mueller
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-0879 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0879
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47107
X-Force: 49285
SecurityFocus: 34061 - IBM Director CIM Server Consumer Name Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 34212 - IBM Director CIM Server Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service, Less Critical
OSVDB: 52615 - IBM Director CIM Server /CIMListener/ Consumer Name Handling Overflow Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1021825 - IBM Director CIM Server Consumer Name Validation Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 40754 - IBM Director Before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 CIM Server Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-0656

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 11/24/2024 20:55
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (64), 05/07/2017 11:23 (14), 08/05/2021 02:25 (3), 11/24/2024 20:55 (17)
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