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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-0879 · published 12 March 2009

CVE-2009-0879: Ibm director improper input validation vulnerability

Ibm · Director

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 8.2% · top 5.3% CWE-20 · Improper input validation
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
8.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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 PatchVendor 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=U PatchVendor Advisory
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 PatchVendor 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=U PatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-0879), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.