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IBM DB2 Authorisation Bypass Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA24283  
Release Date: 2007-02-23
Last Update: 2007-08-20

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

Software:DB2 Universal Database 8.x
IBM DB2 9.x

CVE reference:CVE-2007-1089 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in IBM DB2, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error, which can be exploited to bypass DB2 authorisation checks and perform "update" and "delete" actions on a table on which the user only has "select" privileges.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 8.1 and 9.1 GA through 9.1 FP1.

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Solution:
Update to version 8 fixpak 15 or 9.1 FP2.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Changelog:
2007-03-02: Added CVE reference.
2007-08-20: Updated advisory to include version 8.1 as affected version and updated "Solution" section to include fix. Added additional vendor link.

Original Advisory:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1JR25941
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1JR25940



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