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>> IBM DB2 UDB Authentification Memory Corruption and DoS Vulnerability

Title : IBM DB2 UDB Authentification Memory Corruption and DoS Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3538
CVE ID : CVE-2007-5652
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-10-19


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A vulnerability has been identified in IBM DB2, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by an unspecified memory corruption error in the UDB authentification mechanism, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

Affected Products

IBM DB2 (for Linux, UNIX and Windows) version 9.1

Solution

Apply Interim Fix Pack 3a or Fix Pack 4 (once it becomes available) :
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=71&uid=swg21255572

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3538
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=71&uid=swg21283031
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LI72519

Credits

Vulnerability reported by the vendor.

ChangeLog

2007-10-19 : Initial release

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