CVE-2009-2754

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 40.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-03-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer signedness error in the authentication functionality in librpc.dll in the Informix Storage Manager (ISM) Portmapper service (aka portmap.exe), as used in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 10.x before 10.00.TC9 and 11.x before 11.10.TC3 and EMC Legato NetWorker, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted parameter size that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

EMC Legato Networker: all versions
IBM Informix Dynamic Server: 10.0, 10.0.tc1, 10.0.xc1, 10.0.xc2e, 10.0.xc3, 10.0.xc3e (+22)

References

http://knowledgebase.emc.com/emcice/login.do?sType=ax1990&sName=1204&id=emc183834
http://secunia.com/advisories/38731
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC55329
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC55330
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509793/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38472
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0508
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0509
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-023
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56586
http://knowledgebase.emc.com/emcice/login.do?sType=ax1990&sName=1204&id=emc183834
http://secunia.com/advisories/38731

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