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Problem IT26441
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Status: Closed |
POTENTIAL LARGE AMOUNTS OF MEMORY CORRUPTION/SERVER ABORT IF ROWLENGTH PORTION OF VARIABLE LENGTH SORT DATA IS CORRUPTED
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| product: |
INFORMIX SERVER / 5725A3900 / C10 - IDS 12.10 |
| Problem description: |
When the server is doing sorts that involve variable length
records, the 4 bytes proceeding the sort row is a length. If
this length is corrupted, it can cause the server to use bad
lengths in bycopy calls, which can cause a large variety of
failures due to potential large scale memory corruption. |
| Problem Summary: |
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* USERS AFFECTED: *
* Users of IDS prior to 12.10.xC13. *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: *
* Potential large amounts of memory corruption/server abort if *
* the row length portion of sort of variable length data is *
* corrupted. *
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* RECOMMENDATION: *
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| Local Fix: |
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| Solution |
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| Workaround |
not known / see Local fix |
| Timestamps |
Date - problem reported :
Date - problem closed :
Date - last modified :
| 27.09.2018
26.09.2019
26.09.2019 |
| Problem solved at the following versions (IBM BugInfos) |
12.10.xC13
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| Problem solved according to the fixlist(s) of the following version(s) |
