Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Db2 High Performance Unload has addressed the following vulnerability:Unquoted Service Path
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2019-4606
DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 High Performance Unload could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an untrusted search path vulnerability. By using a executable file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/168298 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
Remediation/Fixes
HPU have solved the problem in the installer, so that the future releases will not be affected.
For the existing releases and already existing installations on Windows, please refer to below workaround method for updating the Windows service appropriately, so that it would not be affected by this problem any more.
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Acknowledgement
Third Party Acknowledgement Info: The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Rich Mirch
Change History
10 Dec 2019: 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.
Disclaimer
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
20 December 2019
UID
ibm11128063