PT-2020-18210 · Ibm · Ibm Db2

Published 2020-11-18 · Updated 2020-12-01 · CVE-2020-4701

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 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 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5, update to a fixed version to resolve the 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

BDU:2021-05378

CVE-2020-4701

Affected Products

Ibm Db2

References · 8

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-05378 · Security Note
• https://ibm.com/support/pages/node/6370025 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187078 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4701 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-4701 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/5815 · Telegram Post
• https://ibm.com/support/pages/security-bulletin-ibm%C2%AE-db2%C2%AE-vulnerable-buffer-overflow-cve-2020-4701 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/16591 · Telegram Post