CVE-2010-1124
IBM AIX bos.rte.libc 5.3.9.4 - Denial of Service via getaddrinfo Address Field Handling
Title source: llmDescription
bos.rte.libc 5.3.9.4 on IBM AIX 5.3 does not properly support reading a certain address field after a successful getaddrinfo function call, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by IBM DB2 crashes on "systems with databases cataloged with alternate servers using IP addresses."
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_aixapar
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ66710
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38964
Scores
EPSS
0.0096
EPSS Percentile
57.8%
Details
Status
published
Products (2)
ibm/aix
5.3
ibm/aix
5.3.0
Published
Mar 26, 2010
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026