QID 20376

Date Published: 2023-11-21

QID 20376: IBM DB2 Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (7047561)

IBM DB2 is vulnerable to denial of service with a specially crafted SQL statement using External Tables.
Affected Versions:
11.5 prior to version 11.5.7
11.5 prior to version 11.5.8
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 SQL statement using External Tables.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.8 severity.
    • Solution
    Please refer to the following security advisory7047561 for further information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 20376

    CVE-2023-40372 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    7047561 URL Logo www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7047561
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