QID 20258

Date Published: 2022-05-19

QID 20258: IBM DB2 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability (6573293)

DB2 is a family of data management products, including database servers, developed by IBM.

CVE-2022-23852:Expat (aka libexpat) could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow in the XML_GetBuffer function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVE-2022-23990:Expat (aka libexpat) could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow in the doProlog function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.

Affected Versions:
IBM DB2 prior to V9.7 FP11
IBM DB2 prior to V10.1 FP6
IBM DB2 prior to V10.5 FP11
IBM DB2 prior to V11.1.4 FP 7
QID Detection Logic: Authenticated (DB2): This QID queries the DB2 server to get the server version and fix pack level and checks to see if it's vulnerable.

Authenticated (Windows): This QID checks for vulnerable version of DB2 on windows OS

attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • Solution

    Please refer to the following links 6573293

    Vendor References

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    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    6573293 URL Logo www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6573293
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