# CVE-2017-1310: Denial of service in Informix Servers

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Jun 2017
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ww5r-mvp5-3f4g

## 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 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1310?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2017-1310 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1310 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-2017-1310 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1310 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-2017-1310/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1310/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1310
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1310
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1310

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