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DB2 Universal Database Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23397
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Release Date:
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2006-12-17
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Last Update:
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2006-12-21
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Popularity:
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9,075 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-2006-6638
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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.
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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