Security Bulletin: IBM Db2® Warehouse has released a fix in response to multiple vulnerabilities found in IBM Db2®

Summary

IBM has released the following fix for IBM Db2® Warehouse in response to multiple vulnerabilities found in IBM Db2®.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-38931
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 11.1, and 11.5 is vulnerable to an information disclosure as a result of a connected user having indirect read access to a table where they are not authorized to select from. IBM X-Force ID: 210418.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/210418 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-29678
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 could allow a user with DBADM authority to access other databases and read or modify files. IBM X-Force ID: 199914.
CVSS Base score: 8.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199914 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-20373
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Db2 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 may be vulnerable to an Information Disclosure when using the LOAD utility as under certain circumstances the LOAD utility does not enforce directory restrictions. IBM X-Force ID: 199521.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/195521 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-39002
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/213217 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-38926
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 could allow a local user to gain privileges due to allowing modification of columns of existing tasks. IBM X-Force ID: 210321.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/210321 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Update your implementation to IBM Db2 Warehouse v11.5.7.0 or later. For information about how to update, see the following topics:

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2-warehouse?topic=warehouse-updating-db2&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None