CVE-2004-2131

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-01-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in ontape for IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.xC3 and earlier allows local users, with DSA privileges, to execute arbitrary code via a long ONCONFIG environment variable.

Affected products

IBM Informix Dynamic Server: 9.40.uc1, 9.40.uc2
IBM Informix Extended Parallel Server: 8.40_uc1

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107539878804074&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/10737/
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21153336
http://www.osvdb.org/3759
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9512
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14970
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107539878804074&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/10737/
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21153336
http://www.osvdb.org/3759
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9512
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14970

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