Security Bulletin: IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to a denial of service when a specially crafted request is used via CLI. (CVE-2023-45178)

Summary

IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to a denial of service when a specially crafted request is used via CLI.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-45178
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) CLI is vulnerable to a denial of service when a specially crafted request is used.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268073 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

11.5.8 - 11.5.9

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Client

Windows platform is affected. Linux and Unix are not affected.

Remediation/Fixes

Customers running any vulnerable fixpack level of an affected Program, V11.5, 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: V11.5.8 and V11.5.9. They can be applied to any affected fixpack level of the appropriate release to remediate this vulnerability.

DT239599,

DT259752

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Special Build #42458 or later for V11.5.8 available at this link:
<https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6856211&gt;

Special Build #42449 or later for V11.5.9 available at this link:
<https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7087189&gt;

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.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None