PT-2020-17917 · Ibm · Db2

Published 2020-02-19 · Updated 2020-02-23 · CVE-2020-4204

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.4

High

Base vector

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

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, 11.1, and 11.5

Description The issue is caused by improper bounds checking, leading to a buffer overflow. This could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.

Recommendations For versions 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5, update to a version that includes the fix for the buffer overflow issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-4204

Affected Products

Db2

References · 4

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174960 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-4204 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4204 · Security Note
• https://ibm.com/support/pages/node/2875875 · Vendor Advisory