SB2016040801 - Denial of service in IBM DB2 LUW
Published: April 8, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016040801
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) DRDA Processing flaw vulnerability (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0211)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause the target service to crash.
A remote authenticated attacker can cause the DB2 service to crash by sending a specially crafted DRDA message to vulnerable server.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in crash of vulnerable service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.