IBM DB2 9.7 < 9.7 / 10.1 < 10.1 / 10.5 < 10.5 / 11.1 < 11.1.4 / 11.5 < 11.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Windows)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 151457

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Synopsis

The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, IBM Db2 is affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service due to a specific circumstance of a table being dropped while being accessed in another session. (CVE-2021-29777)

- IBM Db2 db2fm is vulnerable to an information disclosure as it could allow a user who can create a view or inline SQL function to obtain sensitive information when AUTO_REVAL is set to DEFFERED_FORCE. (CVE-2021-20579)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the appropriate IBM DB2 Fix Pack or Special Build based on the most recent fix pack level for your branch.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 151457

File Name: db2_6466369_win.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Databases

Published: 7/8/2021

Updated: 5/5/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20579

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:db2

Required KB Items: SMB/db2/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/23/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20579, CVE-2021-29777

Detections

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