IBM DB2 9.7/10.1/10.5/11.1 memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM DB2 9.7/10.1/10.5/11.1 (Database Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The software performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 is vulnerable to stack based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could lead an attacker to execute arbitrary code. IBM X-Force ID: 140210.

The bug was discovered 05/23/2018. The weakness was released 05/25/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-1459 since 12/13/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/17/2023).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 20101 (IBM DB2 buffer overflow vulnerabilities (swg22016142)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 118230, 118229, 118228 and 118225.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/13/2017 🔍
05/23/2018 +161 days 🔍
05/25/2018 +1 days 🔍
05/25/2018 +0 days 🔍
05/25/2018 +0 days 🔍
03/17/2023 +1757 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-1459 (🔍)
X-Force: 140210
SecurityTracker: 1041005

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/26/2018 12:02 AM
Updated: 03/17/2023 09:34 AM
Changes: 05/26/2018 12:02 AM (60), 02/08/2020 09:11 PM (1), 03/17/2023 09:33 AM (4), 03/17/2023 09:34 AM (1)
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