SB2018121717 - Denial of service in IBM DB2
Published: December 17, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018121717
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) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1977)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when processing malicious input. A remote attacker can issue a specially crafted SELECT statement with TRUNCATE function and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.