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A vulnerability was found in IBM DB2 UDB 10.1 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function SNAP_WRITE_FILE of the component Monitoring. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM DB2 UDB 10.1 (Database Software). Affected by this issue is the function SNAP_WRITE_FILE of the component Monitoring. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product 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.

The weakness was released 09/14/2012 as IC84598 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www-01.ibm.com. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 10.1 Fix Pack 1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (98997†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-11039, VDB-11038, VDB-11037 and VDB-11035. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Database Software

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• IBM

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• DB2 UDB

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• 10.1

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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