PT-2007-5463 · Ibm · Ibm Db2 Udb

Published 2007-08-18 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2007-4271

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM DB2 UDB versions 8.0 through 8.0 before Fixpak 15 IBM DB2 UDB versions 9.1 through 9.1 before Fixpak 3

Description A directory traversal issue allows local users to create arbitrary files by utilizing a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified environment variable. This variable is appended to "/tmp/" and used as a log file, potentially related to symlink following.

Recommendations For IBM DB2 UDB version 8.0, apply Fixpak 15 to resolve the issue. For IBM DB2 UDB version 9.1, apply Fixpak 3 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4271

Affected Products

Ibm Db2 Udb

References · 11

• http://secunia.com/advisories/26471 · Vendor Advisory
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY98210 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4271 · Security Note
• http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001765.html · Note
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/25339 · Note
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352 · Note
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY99261 · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018581 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2912 · Note
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=579 · Note