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IBM DB2 Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Databases
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
The host is running IBM DB2 and is prone to multiple security bypass vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
Multiple flaws are due to, - An error in the application while revoking privileges on a database object from the 'PUBLIC' group, which does not mark the dependent functions as 'INVALID'. - An error in the application while compiling a compound SQL statement with an 'update' statement can be exploited by an unprivileged user to execute the query from the dynamic SQL cache.
Affected Software
Affected Software
IBM DB2 versions prior to 9.7 Fix Pack 3
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to IBM DB2 version 9.7 Fix Pack 3 or later