Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in IBM DB2 - CVE-2021-20373

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in IBM DB2 - CVE-2021-20373

Published: December 9, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU58798
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20373
CWE-ID: CWE-264
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 user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions when using the LOAD utility. A remote user can read files in arbitrary directory on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-20373

Install updates from vendor's website.

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