Security Bulletin: IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to a buffer overflow leading to privilege escalation (CVE-2018-1897).

2020-03-0619:24:16

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EPSS

0.001

Percentile

25.7%

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Summary

Db2 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow leading to privilege escalation.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2018-1897
**DESCRIPTION:*IBM Db2 db2pdcfg is vulnerable to a stack based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152462> 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 V9.7, 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 V11.1 is in V11.1.4.4, available for download from Fix Central.

Customers running any vulnerable fixpack level of an affected Program, V9.7, 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: Db2 V9.7 FP11, V10.1 FP6, and V10.5 FP10. They can be applied to any affected fixpack level of the appropriate release to remediate this vulnerability.