National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-6821
Original release date:06/03/2009
Last revised:06/24/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in the DAS server in IBM DB2 8 before FP17, 9.1 before FP5, and 9.5 before FP2 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-3676 and CVE-2008-3853.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
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: CONFIRM
Name: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21318189
Type: Patch Information
External Source: AIXAPAR
Name: IZ22190
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: AIXAPAR
Name: IZ22188
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: AIXAPAR
Name: IZ22004
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXT
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: db2-das-bo(51108)
External Source: BID
Name: 35408
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31787
Type: Advisory