IBM DB2 9.1/9.5 DRDA Services memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IBM DB2 9.1/9.5. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component DRDA Services. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2009-1906. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IBM DB2 9.1/9.5 (Database Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component DRDA Services. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The DRDA Services component in IBM DB2 9.1 before FP7 and 9.5 before FP4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via an IPv6 address in the correlation token in the APPID string, as demonstrated by an APPID string sent by the third-party DataDirect JDBC driver 3.7.32.

The bug was discovered 05/28/2009. The weakness was disclosed 06/03/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-1906 since 06/03/2009. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 39007 (IBM DB2 < 9.5 Fix Pack 4 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Databases and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 9.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50908), Tenable (39007), SecurityFocus (BID 35171†), OSVDB (54913†) and Secunia (SA35235†). The entries VDB-48411, VDB-51173, VDB-51172 and VDB-51171 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 39007
Nessus Name: IBM DB2 < 9.5 Fix Pack 4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 900678
OpenVAS Name: IBM DB2 Multiple 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
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CVE: CVE-2009-1906 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1906
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48412
X-Force: 50908
SecurityFocus: 35171 - IBM DB2 Denial of Service And Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 35235
OSVDB: 54913 - CVE-2009-1906 - IBM DB2 - Denial-Of-Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 22746 - IBM DB2 Universal Database 9.1 < FP7 and 9.5 < FP4 DRDA Services Component Remote DoS Vulnerability, High

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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/06/2019 21:36
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (64), 09/06/2019 21:36 (14)
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