Advisory Details

July 13th, 2010

IBM SolidDB solid.exe Handshake Request Username Field Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-10-125
ZDI-CAN-676

CVE ID
CVSS SCORE 10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS IBM
AFFECTED PRODUCTS solidDB
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['9983']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of IBM solidDB. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the solid.exe process which listens by default on TCP port 1315. The code responsible for parsing the first handshake packet does not properly validate the length of the username field. By crafting an overly long value in the request an attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code under the context of the SYSTEM user.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS IBM has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21439148&myns=swgimgmt&mynp=OCSSPK3V&mync=R
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2010-06-30 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2010-07-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT AbdulAziz Hariri and Zein Fneish Insight Technologies
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