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DB2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30558
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Release Date:
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2008-06-09
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Last Update:
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2008-09-17
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Popularity:
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2,656 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Unknown
Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | IBM DB2 9.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-3854
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in IBM DB2, where some have unknown impact and others can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges and by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.
1) An unspecified vulnerability exists in CLR stored procedure deployment from IBM database add-ins for Visual Studio.
For more information see vulnerability #1 in:
SA31635
This vulnerability is reported in DB2 version 9.1.
2) A boundary error in "SQLRLAKA()" can potentially be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.
3) An unspecified error related to file creation in the admin server can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain root privileges.
This vulnerability is reported in DB2 version 9.1.
4) Boundary errors in XQUERY, XMLQUERY, XMLEXISTS, and XMLTABLE can potentially be exploited to cause e.g. stack-based buffer overflows.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
5) An unspecified vulnerability exists in the "db2ls" command on the Unix and Linux platforms. No further information is currently available.
The vulnerabilities are reported in version 9.1 and 9.5.
Solution:
IBM DB2 9.1:
Apply Fix Pack 5.
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255572
IBM DB2 9.5:
Apply Fix Pack 1.
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21287889
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
4) Ariel Sanchez, Application Security Inc.
Changelog:
2008-06-16: Updated "Description", "Solution", and "Original Advisory" sections with information about DB2 version 9.5.
2008-09-05: Added vulnerability #5. Updated "Original Advisory" section.
2008-09-17: Added link to Application Security Inc. and updated vulnerability #1 and #4 in "Description". Updated credits section. Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
IBM (JR28432, IZ16346, IZ12735, IZ18434, IZ18431, IZ19197, IZ03342, IZ14939):
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21307107
Application Security Inc:
http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/db2/2008-06.shtml
Other References:
SA31635:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31635/
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