Code Injection in IBM DB2 - CVE-2023-27867

 

Code Injection in IBM DB2 - CVE-2023-27867

Published: August 3, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU78916
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-27867
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote user can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

IBM DB2
IBM DB2 LUW
IBM License Metric Tool
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM)
IBM Intelligent Operations Center
IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights
IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact
WebSphere Remote Server
IBM Security Verify Governance
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
IBM OpenPages with Watson
dashDB Local
DB2 on Cloud Pak for Data
DB2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data
Db2 Big SQL
Storage Protect Server
IBM Cloud Pak System

How to mitigate CVE-2023-27867

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact - update to 7.1.0.32
dashDB Local - update to 11.5.9.0
IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.3.7 iFix 01
DB2 on Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.7.3
DB2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.7.3
Db2 Big SQL - update to 7.5.3
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.4
Storage Protect Server - update to 8.1.20
IBM DB2 LUW - addressed in versions 10.5 FP11, 11.1.4 FP7, 11.5.7, 11.5.8

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