Stack-based buffer overflow in IBM DB2 - CVE-2018-1459
Published: May 24, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13006
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 9.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1459
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to stack based buffer overflow in Db2's rah.exe. 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 stack based buffer overflow in Db2's rah.exe. A local attacker can trigger memory corruption and escalate privileges to the DB2 instance owner to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
Affected software
IBM DB2
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1459
Install update from vendor's website.