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Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere BigInsights contains a denial of service vulnerability that can be exploited by a remote, authenticated DB2 user issuing a specially-crafted SELECT statement with ROUND or TRUNCATE function (CVE-2015-0157).

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/533329
533329

Security Bulletin


Summary

InfoSphere BigInsights Big SQL contains a denial of service vulnerability. A remote, authenticated DB2 user could exploit this vulnerability by issuing a specially-crafted SELECT statement with ROUND or TRUNCATE function. The vulnerability exists in the IBM DB2 component included in BigInsights that is used by the Big SQL server.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-0157

DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 LUW contains a denial of service vulnerability. A remote, authenticated DB2 user could exploit this vulnerability by issuing a specially-crafted SELECT statement with ROUND or TRUNCATE function.
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100795 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Effective CVSS Score: (score will update after page submission)


6.80

Affected Products and Versions

IBM InfoSphere BigInsights: 3.0, 3.0.0.1, 3.0.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

Apply iFix located on Fix Central.
Interim fix: IM-BigInsights-BigSQL-linuxamd64_CVE-2015-0157

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

27 July 2015: 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:
18 July 2020

UID

swg21962982

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