Security Bulletin: Buffer overflow in IBM® Db2® tool db2licm (CVE-2018-1710).

Summary

The Db2 tool db2licm is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1710 DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) tool db2licm is affected by buffer overflow vulnerability that can potentially result in arbitrary code execution.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/146364&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

All fix pack levels of IBM Db2 V10.1, V10.5 and V11.1 editions on all platforms are affected.

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the appropriate fix for this vulnerability.

FIX:

The fix for DB2 release V11.1 is in V11.1.4.4, available for download from Fix Central.

Customers running any vulnerable fixpack level of an affected Program, V10.1 and V10.5, 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 fixpack level for each impacted release: V10.1 FP6 and V10.5 FP10. They can be applied to any affected fixpack level of the appropriate release to remediate this vulnerability.

AIX 64-bit
HP-UX 64-bit
Linux 32-bit, x86-32
Linux 64-bit, x86-64
Linux 64-bit, POWER™ big endian
Linux 64-bit, System z®, System z9® or zSeries®
Solaris 64-bit, SPARC
Solaris 64-bit, x86-64
Windows 32-bit, x86
Windows 64-bit, x86

V10.5 | FP11 | IT25719 | <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/3500079&gt;

V11.1 | FP4 | IT25819 |

<http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10741687&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.