IBM DB2 Denial of Service And Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	35171
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2009-1905
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 26 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 09:10PM
Credit:	IBM
Vulnerable:	IBM DB2 Universal Database 9.5 Fixpak 2 IBM DB2 Universal Database 9.5 Fix Pack 3a IBM DB2 Universal Database 9.5 Fix Pack 1 IBM DB2 Universal Database 9.1 Fix Pack 6a IBM DB2 Universal Database 9.1 Fix Pack 6 IBM DB2 Universal Database 9.1 Fix Pack 4a IBM DB2 Universal Database 9.1
Not Vulnerable:	IBM DB2 Universal Database 9.5 Fixpak 4 IBM DB2 Universal Database 9.1 Fix Pack 7

IBM DB2 Denial of Service And Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

IBM DB2 is prone to multiple vulnerabilities, including a denial-of-service issue and a security-bypass issue.

Successful exploits may allow attackers to bypass certain security restrictions or to crash the application, causing a denial-of-service condition.

These issues affect versions prior to DB2 9.5 Fixpak 4 and 9.1 Fixpack 7.

IBM DB2 Denial of Service And Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

IBM DB2 Denial of Service And Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor has released fixes. Please see the references for details.

IBM DB2 Denial of Service And Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

References:

• IBM DB2 Homepage (IBM)
  
• DB2 Version 9.5 for Linux, UNIX and Windows APARs by fix pack (IBM)
  
• Security and HIPER APARs fixed in DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Version 9.5 F (IBM)