CVE-2007-5957 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published Updated

Attackers can crash the IBM Informix Dynamic Server database on Windows via malicious SQ_ONASSIST requests, causing denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not stated
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2007-5957?

CVE-2007-5957 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Informix Dynamic Server, published on 14 Nov 2007. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 10.00.TC3TL and 11.10.TB4TL on Windows allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified SQ_ONASSIST requests.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5957?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Informix Dynamic Server.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5957?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5957 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2007-5957 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5957 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Informix Dynamic Server vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-29j8-8jmp-r7x6.

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