Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to a denial of service. Under rare conditions, setting a special register may cause the Db2 server to terminate abnormally.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2023-25930
DESCRIPTION: IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) is vulnerable to a denial of service. Under rare conditions, setting a special register may cause the Db2 server to terminate abnormally.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/247862 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
All fix pack levels of IBM Db2 V10.5, V11.1, and V11.5 server editions on all platforms are affected.
Remediation/Fixes
Customers running any vulnerable fixpack level of an affected Program, V10.5, v11.1 and V11.5, can download the special build containing the interim fix for this issue from Fix Central. These special builds are available based on the most recent fixpack level for each impacted release: V10.5 FP11, V11.1.4 FP7, v11.5.7 and V11.5.8. They can be applied to any affected fixpack level of the appropriate release to remediate this vulnerability.
IBM does not disclose key Db2 functionality nor replication steps for a vulnerability to avoid providing too much information to any potential malicious attacker. IBM does not want to enable a malicious attacker with sufficient knowledge to craft an exploit of the vulnerability.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
24 Apr 2023: Initial Publication
*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.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
24 April 2023
UID
ibm16985677