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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2009.1057
DB2 UDB Version 8 - APAR fixes included in Fixpak 18
20 August 2009
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: DB2 Version 8 Fix pack 17 and prior
Operating System: AIX
Linux variants
Windows
Solaris
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Increased Privileges -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2009-2860 CVE-2009-2859 CVE-2009-2858
Member content until: Saturday, September 19 2009
OVERVIEW
IBM has released fix pack 18 for DB2 which corrects multiple
security vulnerabilities.
IMPACT
CVE-2009-2858 (IBM IZ35635)
Memory leak in the Security component in IBM DB2 8.1 before FP18 on
Unix platforms allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory
consumption) via unspecified vectors, related to private memory
within the DB2 memory structure. [1]
CVE-2009-2859 (IBM IZ34149)
IBM DB2 8.1 before FP18 allows attackers to obtain unspecified access
via a das command. [2]
CVE-2009-2860 (IBM IZ52433)
Unspecified vulnerability in db2jds in IBM DB2 8.1 before FP18
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service
crash) via "malicious packets." [3]
(IBM IZ39652)
A malicious data stream can cause the DB2 server to trap. [4]
MITIGATION
It is advised that you update to fix pack 18 as soon as possible.
REFERENCES
[1] CVE-2009-2858
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-2858
[2] CVE-2009-2859
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-2859
[3] CVE-2009-2860
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-2860
[4] APAR fixes included in Fixpack 18
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXT
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