# CVE-2010-4056: Null dereference in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash the IBM solidDB database service by sending a crafted TCP packet, causing a denial of service.

- **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:** 22 Oct 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f7cj-p2gc-6mpq

## What is CVE-2010-4056?

CVE-2010-4056 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Oct 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

solid.exe in IBM solidDB 6.5.0.3 and earlier does not properly perform a recursive call to a certain function upon receiving packet data containing a single integer field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a TCP session on port 1315.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4056?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Soliddb.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-4056?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4056 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-4056 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4056 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- IBM solidDB 6.5.0.3 - Denial of Service (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2010-2771](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2771/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-1560](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1560/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2011-1208](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1208/): Null dereference in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2008-1705](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1705/): Other in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2010-4055](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4055/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-4056 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-4056 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Oct 2010. 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-2010-4056 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2010-4056/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4056/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4056
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4056
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-4056

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