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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1997

Original release date:04/28/2008

Last revised:01/29/2009

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Unspecified vulnerability in the ADMIN_SP_C2 procedure in IBM DB2 8 before FP16, 9.1 before FP4a, and 9.5 before FP1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. NOTE: the ADMIN_SP_C issue is already covered by CVE-2008-0699.

Description

IBM link requires login credentials.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:9.0 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 10.0

Exploitability Subscore: 8.0

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Required to exploit

Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080418 Team SHATTER Security Advisory: IBM DB2 UDB Arbitrary code execution in ADMIN_SP_C/ADMIN_SP_C2 procedures

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/491075/100/0/threaded

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/db2/2008-02.shtml

Hyperlink:http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/db2/2008-02.shtml

External Source: AIXAPAR

Name: IZ06972

Hyperlink:http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ06972

External Source: SREASON

Name: 3841

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3841