VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-0879

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability8.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-03-12
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

The CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long consumer name, as demonstrated by an M-POST request to a long /CIMListener/ URI.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references