QID 20370

Date Published: 2023-11-20

QID 20370: IBM DB2 Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (7047478)

IBM Db2 is vulnerable to denial of service with a specially crafted XML query statement. Affected Versions:
IBM DB2 10.5 prior to version V10.5 FP11
IBM DB2 11.1 prior to version V11.1.4 FP7

IBM DB2 11.5.0 prior to version V11.5.7
IBM DB2 11.5.0 prior to version V11.5.8
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 versions of DB2 on windows OS

IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) is vulnerable to denial of service with a specially crafted XML query statement.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Critical - 9 severity.
    • Solution
    Please refer to the following security advisory7047478 for further information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 20370

    CVE-2023-38728 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    7047478 URL Logo www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7047478
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