CVE-2017-1310 Denial of service in Informix Servers

Medium 6.5 Published 29 Jun 2017 Updated 16 Sep 2024

An authenticated user can trigger a buffer overflow to fill the file system with assertion files, crashing the IBM Informix database server.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2017-1310?

CVE-2017-1310 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Informix Dynamic Server, published on 29 Jun 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Informix Dynamic Server 12.1 could allow an authenticated user to cause a buffer overflow that would write large assertion fail files to the server. Done enough times, this could use large parts of the file system and cause the server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 125569.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1310?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Informix Dynamic Server.

How do I fix CVE-2017-1310?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1310 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-2017-1310 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1310 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Informix Dynamic Server vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-ww5r-mvp5-3f4g.