CVE-2009-0879

N/A Unknown

Published: March 12, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://osvdb.org/52615

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/34212

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1021825

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501638/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34061

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0656

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49285

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8190

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-1_IBM_director_DoS.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://osvdb.org/52615