Code Injection in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2023-27869

 

Code Injection in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2023-27869

Published: February 12, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU86340
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-27869
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM DB2 LUW

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to unchecked logger injection. A remote user can send a specially crafted request using the named traceFile property and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-27869

Install updates from vendor's website.

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