Code Injection in IBM DB2 - CVE-2023-27859

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Code Injection in IBM DB2 - CVE-2023-27859

Published: January 9, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85127
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-27859
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to modify data on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote user can install a malicious jar file that overwrites the existing like-named jar file in another database.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2023-27859

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM DB2 - addressed in versions 10.5 FP11, 11.1.4.7, 11.5, 11.5.9, 11.5.8
dashDB Local - update to 11.5.9.0
IBM Cloud Pak System - addressed in versions 2.3.4.1, 2.3.5.0
DB2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.8.2
DB2 on Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.8.2
Db2 Big SQL - update to 7.6.4
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.15
Storage Protect Server - update to 8.1.22

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