IBM DB2 9.5 Relational Data Services password information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in IBM DB2 9.5 (Database Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Relational Data Services. The manipulation of the argument password with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Relational Data Services component in IBM DB2 9.5 before FP5 allows attackers to obtain the password argument from the SET ENCRYPTION PASSWORD statement via vectors involving the GET SNAPSHOT FOR DYNAMIC SQL command.

The weakness was disclosed 12/16/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-4333. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43172 (IBM DB2 9.5 < Fix Pack 5 Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Databases. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 19547 (IBM DB2 "db2ra" Segmentation Fault Vulnerability (IZ52083)).

Upgrading to version 9.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (55012) and Tenable (43172). The entries 48412, 51324, 51323 and 51174 are pretty similar.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 43172
Nessus Name: IBM DB2 9.5 < Fix Pack 5 Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 901083
OpenVAS Name: IBM DB2 UDB Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities (Linux)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: DB2 9.5

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-01.ibm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-4333 (🔍)
X-Force: 55012
Vulnerability Center: 27415 - IBM DB2 9.5 Before FP5 Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 37332 - IBM DB2 prior to 9.5 Fix Pack 5 Multiple Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities

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Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/28/2021 21:21
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (63), 03/06/2017 12:00 (8), 08/28/2021 21:06 (4), 08/28/2021 21:21 (1)
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