Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in IBM DB2 Universal Database, which could allow attackers to bypass security restrictions, cause a denial of service or gain elevated privileges.

The first issue is caused by an unspecified error when processing "CONNECT" and "ATTACH" commands, which could be exploited to cause a denial of service.

The second vulnerability is caused by an unspecified error related to DB2FMP.

the third vulnerability is caused by an error in DB2JDS when processing malformed packets, which could allow attackers to cause a denial of service.

The fourth issue is caused due to the DB2FMP process running with OS privileges on Windows, which could allow attackers to gain elevated privileges.

Affected Products

IBM DB2 Universal Database versions 8.x

Solution

Upgrade to IBM DB2 Universal Database version 8.2 Fixpak 17 :
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2517
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXT

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by the vendor.

ChangeLog

2008-09-09 : Initial release

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