PT-2008-5196 · Ibm · Ibm Db2

Published 2008-08-28 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-3854

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM DB2 versions 9.1 before Fixpak 5 IBM DB2 versions 9.5 before Fixpak 1

Description The issue is related to multiple stack-based buffer overflows that can cause a denial of service, resulting in a system outage. This can be triggered via various vectors, including the use of XQuery to issue statements, as well as the XMLQUERY, XMLEXISTS, and XMLTABLE statements. Additionally, the sqlrlaka function is also a vector for this issue.

Recommendations For IBM DB2 version 9.1, apply Fixpak 5 to resolve the issue. For IBM DB2 version 9.5, apply Fixpak 1 to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3854

Affected Products

Ibm Db2

References · 11

• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ18431 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1769 · Vendor Advisory
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3854 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29601 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30558 · Vendor Advisory
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ16346 · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/496406/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42935 · Note
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ18434 · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42930 · Note