Input validation error in IBM DB2 - CVE-2022-35637

 

Input validation error in IBM DB2 - CVE-2022-35637

Published: September 13, 2022 / Updated: November 25, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU67214
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-35637
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the db2expln tools. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted SQL query to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

IBM DB2
Spectrum Protect Server

How to mitigate CVE-2022-35637

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM DB2 - addressed in versions 10.5.0.11, 11.1.4.7, 11.5.8
Spectrum Protect Server - update to 8.1.17

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