Security Bulletin: IBM® Db2® JDBC driver is vulnerable to remote code execution. (CVE-2023-27869, CVE-2023-27867, CVE-2023-27868)

Summary

IBM® Db2® JDBC driver is vulnerable to multiple remote code execution issues. These vulnerabilties are addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-27869
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Db2 JDBC Driver could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unchecked logger injection. By sending a specially crafted request using the named traceFile property, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/249517 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2023-27867
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Db2 JDBC Driver could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code via JNDI Injection. By sending a specially crafted request using the property clientRerouteServerListJNDIName, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/249514 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2023-27868
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Db2 JDBC Driver could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unchecked class instantiation when providing plugin classes. By sending a specially crafted request using the named pluginClassName class, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/249516 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

10.5.0.11

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Client and Server

IBM® Db2®|

11.1.4.7

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Client and Server

IBM® Db2®|

11.5.x

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Client and Server

All platforms are affected.

Remediation/Fixes

Customers running any vulnerable fixpack level of an affected Program, V10.5, v11.1 and 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: V10.5 FP11, V11.1.4 FP7, V11.5.7 and V11.5.8. 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, POWER™ little 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

V11.1| TBD| DT211379| Special Build for V11.1.4 FP7:

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

V11.5| TBD| DT211379| Special Build for V11.5.7:

AIX 64-bit
Linux 32-bit, x86-32
Linux 64-bit, x86-64
Linux 64-bit, POWER™ little endian
Linux 64-bit, System z®, System z9® or zSeries®
Windows 32-bit, x86
Windows 64-bit, x86

Special Build for V11.5.8:

AIX 64-bit
Linux 32-bit, x86-32
Linux 64-bit, x86-64
Linux 64-bit, POWER™ little endian
Linux 64-bit, System z®, System z9® or zSeries®
Windows 32-bit, x86
Windows 64-bit, x86

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

For the applications that are calling the JDBC driver ensure all passed values, classes, etc. are properly set, sanitized, and contain valid values.