CVE-2007-4271: Path Traversal
First published: Sat Aug 18 2007(Updated: )
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 15 and 9.1 before Fixpak 3 allows local users to create arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified environment variable, which is appended to "/tmp/" and used as a log file. NOTE: this issue might be related to symlink following.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| IBM DB2 Universal Database | <=9.1 | |
| IBM DB2 Universal Database | <=8.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=579
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY98210
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY99261
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26471
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25339
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018581
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2912
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001765.html
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