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Security Bulletin: Multiple DB2 vulnerabilities affect IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manger) Server (CVE-2017-1105, CVE-2017-1297)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Server is affected by multiple IBM DB2 vulnerabilities that could allow a local user to overwrite DB2 files, cause a denial of service, or allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-1105
DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows 9.2, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 (includes DB2 Connect Server) is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could allow a local user to overwrite DB2 files or cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 120668
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120668 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2017-1297
DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows 9.2, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 (includes DB2 Connect Server) is vulnerable to a stack based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code. IBM X-Force ID: 125159
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125159 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

This vulnerability affects the following IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) server levels:

  • 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.2.x
  • 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.7.x
  • 6.3 and below all levels (these releases are EOS)
    Note that 6.4 shipped with 6.3 servers.

Remediation/Fixes


Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

05 October 2017 - Original version published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg22009194

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