CVE-2005-4866
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.015 · 75 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Stack-based buffer overflow in JDBC Applet Server in IBM DB2 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary by connecting and sending a long username, then disconnecting gracefully and reconnecting and sending a short username and an unexpected db2java.zip version, which causes a null terminator to be removed and leads to the overflow.
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affected products (6)
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references (12)
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- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110495251101381&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12733/enisa_euvd
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY61492enisa_euvd
- http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/db205012005D.txtenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11401enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17613enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110495251101381&w=2nvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12733/PatchVendor Advisorynvd
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