Denial of service in IBM DB2 - CVE-2017-1519

 

Denial of service in IBM DB2 - CVE-2017-1519

Published: September 11, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8217
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1519
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 attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to input validation flaw. A remote attacker can supply particular configuration using SSL and an alternate gateway setup to cause disruption of service for Db2 Connect Server setup.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-1519

Install update from vendor's website.

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