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IBM DB2 Audit Facility Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Linux)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Databases
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.2
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
10 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is running IBM DB2 and is prone to privilege escalation vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to a boundary error within the setuid-set db2aud binary, which can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.
Affected Software
Affected Software
IBM DB2 version 9.1.x, IBM DB2 version 9.5.x before FP9, IBM DB2 version 9.7.x before FP7, IBM DB2 version 9.8.x before FP5 and IBM DB2 version 10.1.x before FP1 on Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Apply the appropriate fix