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DB2 Universal Database Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA21550
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Release Date:
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2006-08-18
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Last Update:
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2006-09-07
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Popularity:
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8,561 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | DB2 Universal Database 8.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-4257
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Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in DB2, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
1) Errors during the processing of SQLJRA packets can be exploited to crash the DB2 instance via a specially crafted SQLJRA packet.
2) An unspecified error after the CONNECT processing can be exploited to cause a DoS.
Solution:
Update to version 8.1 FixPak 13 (8.2 FixPak 6).
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24013114
Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Vivek Rathod, Application Security Inc.
2) Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2006-08-21: Updated credits. Added link to vendor.
2006-08-24: Added CVE reference.
2006-09-07: Added link to original advisory.
Original Advisory:
Application Security:
http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/db2/2006-09-05.shtml
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