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CVE-2005-0441: Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise: Buffer overflow

CVE-2005-0441 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 12.x before 12.5.3 ESD#1 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via the (1) attrib_valid function, (2) covert function, (3) declare statement, or (4) a crafted query plan, or remote authenticated users with database owner or "sa" role privileges to execute arbitrary code via (5) a crafted install java statement.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise: 11.03.3; 11.5; 11.5.1; 11.9.2; 12.0; 12.0.1; 12.5; 12.5.2; 12.5.3

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