PT-2020-6493 · Ibm · Ibm Db2

Published 2020-11-18 · Updated 2020-11-18 · CVE-2021-4701

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM DB2 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a lack of size checking in the data copying mechanism of the IBM DB2 database management system. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

Recommendations 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-2021-4701

Affected Products

Ibm Db2

References · 3

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-05378 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187078 · Note
• https://ibm.com/support/pages/security-bulletin-ibm%C2%AE-db2%C2%AE-vulnerable-buffer-overflow-cve-2020-4701 · Note