CVE-2004-2490

MEDIUM 4.6CVE-2004-2490 · Published 31/12/2004 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2004-2490 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability affecting informix dynamic server (ibm), informix extended parallel server (ibm).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.47%, higher than 40.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
informix dynamic server ibm	`= 9.40.uc1= 9.40.uc2`	No fix yet
informix extended parallel server ibm	`= 8.40_uc1= 8.40_uc2`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.xC1 and 9.40.xC2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long GL_PATH environment variable.

References

marc.info
secunia.com/advisories/10737 · Vendor Advisory
www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss · Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/3756
securityfocus.com/bid/9511
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14949

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In short

CVE-2004-2490 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability affecting informix dynamic server (ibm), informix extended parallel server (ibm).

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.47%, higher than 40.9% of all vulnerabilities.

No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

informix dynamic server

ibm

= 9.40.uc1= 9.40.uc2

No fix yet

informix extended parallel server

ibm

= 8.40_uc1= 8.40_uc2

No fix yet

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