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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5652

Original release date:10/23/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

IBM DB2 UDB 9.1 before Fixpak 4 does not properly manage storage of a list containing authentication information, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or trigger memory corruption. NOTE: the vendor description of this issue is too vague to be certain that it is security-related.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:7.8 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3538
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=71&uid=swg21283031
Type: Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27177
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 26450
External Source: AIXAPAR
Name: LI72519
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3867
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607

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