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CVE-2009-0879 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://osvdb.org/52615	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34212	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021825	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49285	CVE
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	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8190	CVE
https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-1_IBM_director_DoS.txt	CVE	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501638/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34061	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0656	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/52615	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/34212	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021825	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49285	[email protected]
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	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8190	[email protected]
https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-1_IBM_director_DoS.txt	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501638/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34061	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0656	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory

see all 20 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ibm director	<= 5.20.3 3.1.1 4.10 4.11 4.12
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director::service_update_1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:3.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:4.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:4.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:4.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:4.20:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:4.21:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:4.22:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.10.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.10.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.10.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.10.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.20.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.20.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.20.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 10, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 12, 2009	Initial Analysis	[email protected]