CVE-2004-2490

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.xC1 and 9.40.xC2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long GL_PATH environment variable.

Affected products

IBM Informix Dynamic Server: 9.40.uc1, 9.40.uc2
IBM Informix Extended Parallel Server: 8.40_uc1, 8.40_uc2

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107524391217364&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/10737
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21153336
http://www.osvdb.org/3756
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9511
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14949
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107524391217364&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/10737
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21153336
http://www.osvdb.org/3756
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9511
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14949

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