Security Bulletin: IBM® InfoSphere Balanced Warehouse, IBM Smart Analytics System and IBM PureData System for Operational Analytics are affected by an IBM DB2® LUW denial of service vulnerability in ALTER MODULE statement handling (CVE-2014-3094)

Summary

The IBM InfoSphere Balanced Warehouse C3000, C4000, D5100, IBM Smart Analytics System 1050, 2050, 5600, 5710, 7600, 7700, 7710 and IBM PureData System for Operational Analytics ship with either IBM DB2 Version 9.7 or Version 10.1. IBM DB2 is vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking in the handling of the ALTER MODULE statement.

Vulnerability Details

CVE ID:_ CVE-2014-3094_ **
DESCRIPTION**:
DB2 is vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow attack, caused by improper bounds checking in the handling of ALTER MODULE statements. A remote, authenticated user could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code with DB2 instance owner privileges thereby causing the server to crash.
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CVSS**:
CVSS Base Score: 8.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94260 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM InfoSphere Balanced Warehouse C3000
IBM InfoSphere Balanced Warehouse C4000
IBM InfoSphere Balanced Warehouse D5100
IBM Smart Analytics System 1050
IBM Smart Analytics System 2050
IBM Smart Analytics System 5600
IBM Smart Analytics System 5710
IBM Smart Analytics System 7600
IBM Smart Analytics System 7700
IBM Smart Analytics System 7710
IBM PureData System for Operational Analytics A1791

Remediation/Fixes

Find your IBM InfoSphere Balanced Warehouse, IBM Smart Analytics System, or IBM PureData System for Operational Analytics product in the table below and contact IBM Support with an APAR number to request a special build containing an interim fix.

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Workarounds and Mitigations

None