National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3959
Original release date:09/11/2008
Last revised:02/06/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
IBM DB2 UDB 8.1 before FixPak 16, 8.2 before FixPak 9, and 9.1 before FixPak 4a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (instance crash) via a crafted SQLJRA packet within a CONNECT/ATTACH data stream that simulates a V7 client connect/attach request.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
**NOTE: Access Complexity scored Low due to insufficient information
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: AIXAPAR
Name: IZ05043
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: ibm-db2-connect-attach-dos2(45134)
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/db2/2008-01.shtml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29022