# CVE-2009-3470: Memory corruption in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in IBM Informix Dynamic Server by sending a long password over a JDBC connection.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Sep 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5cph-mc6w-g6xg

## What is CVE-2009-3470?

CVE-2009-3470 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Ibm Informix Dynamic Server, published on 29 Sep 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 10.00 before 10.00.xC11, 11.10 before 11.10.xC4, and 11.50 before 11.50.xC5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption, assertion failure, and daemon crash) by sending a long password over a JDBC connection.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3470?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Informix Dynamic Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-3470?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3470 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2009-3470 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3470 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Informix Dynamic Server

- [CVE-2010-4070](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4070/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-2753](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2753/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-0949](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0949/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-0768](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0768/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-1033](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1033/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-3470 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2009-3470 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Ibm Informix Dynamic Server, published on 29 Sep 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3470 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Informix Dynamic Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3470/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3470/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3470
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3470
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-3470

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