CVE-2009-4240 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in unspecified setuid executables in the DataStage subsystem in IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.1 before FP1 have unknown impact and attack vectors.

Published: 2009-12-09

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 2.1% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-4209	Multiple buffer overflows in unspecified setuid executables in the DataStage subsystem in IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.1 before FP1 have unknown impact and attack vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0205.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/37556
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1JR30394
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21406224
http://www.osvdb.org/60807
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37245
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3432
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54609

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Infosphere Information Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-12-09T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:54:10.209Z

Reserved: 2009-12-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4240

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-12-09T19:30:00.467

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:13:18.510

Link: CVE-2009-4240

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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