CVE-2010-1124 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in IBM AIX 5.3, specifically within the bos.rte.libc 5.3.9.4 component. This flaw prevents proper reading of an address field after a successful getaddrinfo call, leading to application crashes, notably observed in IBM DB2 when databases are cataloged with alternate server IP addresses. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no authentication, resulting in a complete loss of application availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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