CVE-2009-0879

IBM Director 5.20.3su2 CIM Server - Remote Denial of Service

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

El servidor CIM en IBM Director anterior a v5.20.3 Service Update 2 sobre Windows permite a los atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (caída del demonio) a través de un nombre largo "consumer", como se ha demostrado en una petición M-POST a una URI larga /CIMListener/.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2009-03-12 CVE Reserved
2009-03-12 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/52615	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501638/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34061	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49285	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8190	2024-08-07
https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-1_IBM_director_DoS.txt	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0656	2018-10-10
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/download.do?source=dmp&S_PKG=director_x_520&S_TACT=sms&lang=en_US&cp=UTF-8	2018-10-10

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/34212	2018-10-10
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021825	2018-10-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	<= 5.20.3 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version " <= 5.20.3"	service_update_1	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	3.1.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "3.1.1"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	4.10 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "4.10"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	4.11 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "4.11"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	4.12 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "4.12"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	4.20 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "4.20"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	4.21 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "4.21"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	4.22 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "4.22"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	5.10.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "5.10.0"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	5.10.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "5.10.1"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	5.10.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "5.10.2"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	5.10.3 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "5.10.3"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	5.20.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "5.20.0"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	5.20.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "5.20.1"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	5.20.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "5.20.2"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe