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Severity
7.1
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.5 is affected by an improper authorization vulnerability in the certain command, allowing a non-privileged user to bypass authority checks and modify database catalog data.

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Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.5 is vulnerable to privilege escalation with a specially crafted query.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information due to the logging of plain text passwords in trace files.

1 / 2
Source: IBM
First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Buffer Overflow
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Db2 is vulnerable to buffer overflow in the IXF IMPORT parser.

1 / 2
Source: IBM
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
EPSS
0.17%
Code Injection
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ is vulnerable to remote code execution when jdbc url is under user control.

1 / 2
Source: IBM
First published (updated )
Severity
6.2
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

IBM Db2 12.1.0 through 12.1.4 federated server is vulnerable to a denial of service when running non fenced federated queries.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
8.4
Buffer Overflow
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.4 is vulnerable to buffer overflow in setgid helper db2flacc.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.4 is vulnerable to a trap when compiling a specially crafted statements containing subqueries could lead to a denial of service.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Code Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.4 is vulnerable to remote code execution due to improper pre-auth DRDA handshake handling.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.4 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) could disclose sensitive information to an authenticated user from the monitoring and event tables.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.4 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service due to improper neutralization of special elements in the data query logic of XMLTable-derived columns.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

IBM Db2 on Cloud Pak for Data and Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data versions 4.8,5.0,5.1,5.2,5.3 could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service when creating new databases due to improper allocation of resources.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

IBM Db2 on Cloud Pak for Data and Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data versions 4.8, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 could allow a privileged user to perform operations and obtain sensitive information outside of their authority due to improper token validation.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
5.3
AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

IBM Db2 on Cloud Pak for Data and Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data versions 4.8, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 could allow an authenticated user to bypass client-side validation and manipulate input data using man in the middle techniques.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.4 is vulnerable to a denial of service with a specially crafted query when autonomous transactions are enabled.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

IBM Db2 12.1.0 through 12.1.4 is vulnerable to authorization bypass when uploading to a remote object storage path with a special query.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.4 is vulnerable to a denial of service when executing a specially crafted query with a small statement heap.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.4 is vulnerable to running out of memory when executing certain queries with MDC tables.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.4 is vulnerable to a denial of service when a specially crafted query is run with range partitioned tables.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.7
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5 with a Federated configuration is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local user with SYSADM privileges could overflow the buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 257763.

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First published (updated )
Severity
6.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 11.1 and 11.5 is vulnerable to an escalation of privilege when an authenticated local attacker with special permissions executes specially crafted Db2 commands. IBM X-Force ID: 175212.

1 / 2
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
Buffer Overflow
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 174960.

1 / 2
First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 could allow an authenticated attacker to send specially crafted commands to cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 174914.

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First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 11.5 could allow an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service due to incorrect handling of certain commands. IBM X-Force ID: 174341.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 could allow an unauthenticated user to send specially crafted packets to cause a denial of service from excessive memory usage.

1 / 2
First published (updated )
Severity
3.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 could allow an authenticated attacker with specialized access to tables that they should not be permitted to view. IBM Reference #: 1999515.

First published (updated )
Severity
4
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

The OLAP query engine in IBM DB2 and DB2 Connect 9.7 through FP9, 9.8 through FP5, 10.1 through FP3, and 10.5 through FP2, and the DB2 pureScale Feature 9.8 for Enterprise Server Edition, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (database outage and deactivation) via unspecified vectors.

First published (updated )
Severity
5
Infoleak
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

IBM DB2 9.1 before FP7 returns incorrect query results in certain situations related to the order of application of an INNER JOIN predicate and an OUTER JOIN predicate, which might allow attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted query.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.3 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service using a specially crafted SQL query due to improper allocation of system resources.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE

Remedy

Customers running any vulnerable affected level of an affected Program, V11.5, and V12.1, can download the special build containing the interim fix for this issue from Fix Central. These special builds are available based on the most recent level for each impacted release: V11.5.9. They can be applied to any affected level of the appropriate release to remediate this vulnerability. ReleaseFixed in mod packAPARDownload URLV11.5TBD https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7087189 V12.1 V12.1.4 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7267513 Note: To apply this fix, it is required to set DB2_STRICT_INSTANCE_MEMORY=ON in addition to installing the above Special Build. IBM does not disclose key Db2 functionality nor replication steps for a vulnerability to avoid providing too much information to any potential malicious attacker. IBM does not want to enable a malicious attacker with sufficient knowledge to craft an exploit of the vulnerability.
First published (updated )
Severity
5.3
AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.3 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service due to improper neutralization of special elements in data query logic when certain configurations exist.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE

Remedy

Customers running any vulnerable affected level of an affected Program, V11.5, and V12.1, can download the special build containing the interim fix for this issue from Fix Central. These special builds are available based on the most recent level for each impacted release: V11.5.9. They can be applied to any affected level of the appropriate release to remediate this vulnerability. ReleaseFixed in mod packAPARDownload URLV11.5TBD https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7087189 V12.1 V12.1.4 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7267513 IBM does not disclose key Db2 functionality nor replication steps for a vulnerability to avoid providing too much information to any potential malicious attacker. IBM does not want to enable a malicious attacker with sufficient knowledge to craft an exploit of the vulnerability.
First published (updated )

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