Improper input validation in IBM DB2 - CVE-2018-1977

 

Improper input validation in IBM DB2 - CVE-2018-1977

Published: December 12, 2018 / Updated: December 17, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16565
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1977
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM DB2

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-1977

Update to version 11.1.4.4.

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