CVE-2009-0879 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the IBM Director CIM server daemon by sending a long consumer name in an M-POST request, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-0879?
CVE-2009-0879 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Mar 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0879?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Director.
How do I fix CVE-2009-0879?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0879 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-2009-0879 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-0879 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m59h-8962-2rc8.