Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in IBM DB2 - CVE-2023-29257

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in IBM DB2 - CVE-2023-29257

Published: April 25, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU75493
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29257
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to unspecified error, related to permissions management. A remote administrator of one database can execute code or read/write files from another database within the same instance.


Affected software

IBM DB2
IBM License Metric Tool
IBM Intelligent Operations Center
IBM Security Verify Governance
IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Agent
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
DB2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data
DB2 on Cloud Pak for Data
IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 3948-VED
IBM Cloud Pak System
Virtualization Engine TS7700 3957-VED

How to mitigate CVE-2023-29257

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.3.6 iFix 1
IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager - addressed in versions 6.1.2.8, 6.2.0.6, 6.2.1.3, 6.2.2.1
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.4
IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Agent - update to 8.1.19
Virtualization Engine TS7700 3957-VED - update to 8.54.1.27
IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 3948-VED - update to 8.54.1.27
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.3.21, 22.0.2.5

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