Buffer overflow in IBM DB2 - CVE-2018-1544
Published: May 24, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13002
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1544
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM DB2
IBM DB2
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to buffer overflow in db2exmig and db2exfm. A local attacker can trigger memory corruption and escalate privileges to the DB2 instance owner to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
The weakness exists due to buffer overflow in db2exmig and db2exfm. A local attacker can trigger memory corruption and escalate privileges to the DB2 instance owner to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1544
Install update from vendor's website.