IBM DB2 Universal Database Satadmin.SatEncrypt Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:11396

Info

IBM DB2 Universal Database Satadmin.SatEncrypt Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11396
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 01 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 01 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to David Litchfield of NGSSoftware.
Vulnerable: IBM DB2 Universal Database for Windows 8.1
IBM DB2 Universal Database for Windows 8.0
IBM DB2 Universal Database for Windows 7.2
IBM DB2 Universal Database for Windows 7.1
IBM DB2 Universal Database for Solaris 8.1
IBM DB2 Universal Database for Solaris 8.0
IBM DB2 Universal Database for Solaris 7.2
IBM DB2 Universal Database for Solaris 7.1
IBM DB2 Universal Database for Solaris 7.0
IBM DB2 Universal Database for Solaris 6.1
IBM DB2 Universal Database for Solaris 6.0
IBM DB2 Universal Database for Linux 8.1
IBM DB2 Universal Database for Linux 8.0
IBM DB2 Universal Database for Linux 7.2
IBM DB2 Universal Database for Linux 7.1
IBM DB2 Universal Database for Linux 7.0
IBM DB2 Universal Database for Linux 6.1
- Caldera OpenLinux 2.4
- Redhat Linux 7.0
- SuSE Linux 7.0
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 6.0.4
IBM DB2 Universal Database for Linux 6.0
IBM DB2 Universal Database for HP-UX 8.1
IBM DB2 Universal Database for HP-UX 8.0
IBM DB2 Universal Database for HP-UX 7.2
IBM DB2 Universal Database for HP-UX 7.1
IBM DB2 Universal Database for HP-UX 7.0
IBM DB2 Universal Database for HP-UX 6.1
IBM DB2 Universal Database for HP-UX 6.0
IBM DB2 Universal Database for AIX 8.1
IBM DB2 Universal Database for AIX 8.0
IBM DB2 Universal Database for AIX 7.2
IBM DB2 Universal Database for AIX 7.1
IBM DB2 Universal Database for AIX 7.0
IBM DB2 Universal Database for AIX 6.1
IBM DB2 Universal Database for AIX 6.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM DB2 Universal Database Satadmin.SatEncrypt Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

IBM DB2 Universal database is affected by a remote buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly validate the length of user-supplied strings prior to copying them into finite process buffers. The issue exists in the 'SATENCRYPT' function in the 'SATADMIN' schema.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the vulnerable database application, facilitating unauthorized access and privilege escalation.

This is one of the issues announced in BIDs 11089 and 11327. It is now being assigned its own BID since the vendor has provided additional technical information.

Exploit / POC

IBM DB2 Universal Database Satadmin.SatEncrypt Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

IBM DB2 Universal Database Satadmin.SatEncrypt Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released FixPak 6a and 7a to address this issue.


IBM DB2 Universal Database for AIX 8.0

IBM DB2 Universal Database for HP-UX 8.0

IBM DB2 Universal Database for Solaris 8.0

IBM DB2 Universal Database for Linux 8.0

IBM DB2 Universal Database for Windows 8.0

IBM DB2 Universal Database for Windows 8.1

IBM DB2 Universal Database for AIX 8.1

IBM DB2 Universal Database for Solaris 8.1

IBM DB2 Universal Database for Linux 8.1

IBM DB2 Universal Database for HP-UX 8.1

References

IBM DB2 Universal Database Satadmin.SatEncrypt Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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