PT-2008-1516 · Ibm · Ibm Db2 Universal Database

Published 2008-02-12 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2007-5757

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) versions 8.0 through 8.0 before FixPak 16 IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) versions 9.0 through 9.0 before Fix Pack 4

Description The issue allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified DB2INSTANCE environment variable that points to a malicious library, due to an untrusted search path vulnerability in db2pd.

Recommendations For IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) versions 8.0 through 8.0 before FixPak 16, apply FixPak 16 to resolve the issue. For IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) versions 9.0 through 9.0 before Fix Pack 4, apply Fix Pack 4 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-5757

Affected Products

Ibm Db2 Universal Database

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5757 · Security Note
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ03546 · Vendor Advisory
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=653 · Patch
• ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXT · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019319 · Note