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DB2 Universal Database Denial of Service Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:	SA23397
Release Date:	2006-12-17
Last Update:	2006-12-21

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	DoS
Where:	From local network
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	DB2 Universal Database 8.x

CVE reference:	CVE-2006-6638 (Secunia mirror)

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Description: Vivek Rathod has reported a vulnerability in DB2, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to a NULL pointer dereference error within "sqle_db2ra_as_recvrequest" and can be exploited to crash the DB2 instance via a specially crafted SQLJRA packet. Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, scan using the Network Software Inspector. Solution: Update to version 8.1 FixPak 14 (8.2 FixPak 7). Provided and/or discovered by: Vivek Rathod, Application Security Inc. Changelog: 2006-12-21: Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: Application Security Inc. http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/db2/2006-11-30.shtml IBM: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY91847 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY86917



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