CVE-2018-1427

Summary

CVECVE-2018-1427
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-22 12:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:38:00 UTC
DescriptionIBM GSKit (IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1) contains several environment variables that a local attacker could overflow and cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 139072.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ibm Db2 10.1 All All All
Application Ibm Db2 10.5 All All All
Application Ibm Db2 11.1 All All All
Application Ibm Db2 9.7 All All All
Application Ibm Db2 10.1 All All All
Application Ibm Db2 10.5 All All All
Application Ibm Db2 11.1 All All All
Application Ibm Db2 9.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Bulletin: IBM® Db2® is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the GSKit library CONFIRM www.ibm.com Vendor Advisory
IBM DB2 CVE-2018-1427 Multiple Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
IBM X-Force Exchange MISC exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
IBM Security Network Protection GSKit Flaws Let Local Users Obtain Passwords and Other Sensitive Information and Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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