#VU8220 Information disclosure in IBM DB2 - CVE-2017-1434
Published: September 11, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8220
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1434
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM DB2
IBM DB2
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation
IBM Corporation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to the connection string is written in the clear in an error message to db2diag.log. A local attacker can read highly sensitive information in the error log.
The weakness exists due to the connection string is written in the clear in an error message to db2diag.log. A local attacker can read highly sensitive information in the error log.
Remediation
Update to version 11.1.2.2.