National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3853
Original release date:08/28/2008
Last revised:06/05/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in the DAS server program in the Core DAS function component in IBM DB2 9.1 before FP4a and 9.5 before FP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this might be related to CVE-2007-3676.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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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: IZ12379
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: ibm-db2-das-bo(45141)
External Source: AIXAPAR
Name: IZ12406
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29784
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v95/APARLIST.TXT