#VU13006 Stack-based buffer overflow in IBM DB2 - CVE-2018-1459
Published: May 24, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13006
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1459
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
IBM DB2
IBM DB2
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation
IBM Corporation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to stack based buffer overflow in Db2's rah.exe. A local attacker can trigger memory corruption and escalate privileges to the DB2 instance owner to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
The weakness exists due to stack based buffer overflow in Db2's rah.exe. A local attacker can trigger memory corruption and escalate privileges to the DB2 instance owner to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.