CVE-2009-0879
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 8.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 8.2% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0876)
- Published
- March 12, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0876 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / director
- ibm / director
- ibm / director
- ibm / director
- ibm / director
- ibm / director
- ibm / director
- ibm / director
- ibm / director
- ibm / director
- ibm / director
- ibm / director
- ibm / director
- ibm / director
- ibm / director
- microsoft / windows
References
- http://osvdb.org/52615
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34212(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021825(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501638/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34061
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0656(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49285
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8190
- https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-1_IBM_director_DoS.txt(Exploit)
- https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/download.do?source=dmp&S_PKG=director_x_520&S_TACT=sms&lang=en_US&cp=UTF-8(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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