National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3858
Original release date:08/28/2008
Last revised:11/15/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The Downlevel DB2RA Support component in IBM DB2 9.1 before Fixpak 4a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (instance crash) via a crafted CONNECT data stream that simulates a V7 client connect request.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: BID
Name: 29601
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
Type: Patch Information
External Source: AIXAPAR
Name: IZ07299
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: ibm-db2-downlevel-db2rasupport-dos(45138)
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 48428