Security Bulletin: IBM Db2 High Performance Unload is affected by - Buffer Overflow in --credential keystore vulnerability

Created by Yuan Li on Mon, 09/09/2019 - 03:28
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1073236
1073236

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Db2 High Performance Unload has addressed the following vulnerability:Buffer Overflow in --credential keystore

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-4523
DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 High Performance Unload is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/165481 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

Db2 High Performance Unload load for LUW  6.5

Db2 High Performance Unload load for LUW  6.1

Remediation/Fixes

Product VRMF Remediation/First Fix
InfoSphere Optim High Performance Unload for DB2 for Linux- UNIX and Windows Had been fixed in Interim Fix 6.5.0.0.1(6.5.0.0 IF1)
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Information Management&product=ibm/Information+Management/Optim+High+Performance+Unload+for+DB2+Linux+UNIX+and+Windows&release=6.5&platform=All&function=all
InfoSphere Optim High Performance Unload for DB2 for Linux- UNIX and Windows Had been fixed in Interim Fix 6.1.0.3.6(6.1.0.3 IF6) https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EInformation%20Management&product=ibm/Information+Management/Optim+High+Performance+Unload+for+DB2+Linux+UNIX+and+Windows&release=6.1.0.3&platform=All&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

N/A

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Rich Mirch

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
10 December 2019

UID

ibm11073236

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