Advisory Details

April 26th, 2011

IBM solidDB solid.exe rpc_test_svc Commands Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities

ZDI-11-142
ZDI-CAN-1000

CVE ID CVE-2011-1208
CVSS SCORE 7.8, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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 ['11137']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial of service condition on vulnerable installations of IBM SolidDB. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of the rpc_test_svc_readwrite and rpc_test_svc_done commands. By issuing these commands remotely to TCP port 2315, an attacker can cause the solidDB.exe process to dereference a NULL pointer and subsequently crash.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS IBM has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21496106
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2010-11-07 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2011-04-26 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Tenable Network Security
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