PT-2019-9918 · Ibm · Db2

Published 2019-03-11 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-1978

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) versions 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1

Description The issue is a buffer overflow that could allow an authenticated local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system as root.

Recommendations For versions 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent exploitation.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1978

Affected Products

Db2

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1978 · Security Note
• https://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10740413 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1978 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/154069 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/107398 · Note