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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilitiìy identified in IBM DB2 that is shipped as component and pattern type or pType with Cloud Pak System and Cloud Pak System Software Suite. Cloud Pak System addressed response with new DB2 pType

Security Bulletin


Summary

Vulnerabilitiìy identified in IBM DB2. DB2 is shipped as pattern type or pType with Cloud Pak System and supporting product with Cloud Pak System Software Suite. Cloud Pak System addressed vulnerabilty.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-4701
DESCRIPTION:   IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187078 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Main Product(s) Version(s)Affected Suppoerting Product version(s)
IBM Cloud Pak System V2.3.3.0, V2.3.3.1, V2.3.3.2, V2.3.3.3IBM DB2 LUW V11.5
IBM Cloud Pak System V2.3.0.1, V2.3.1.1, V2.3.2.0IBM DB2 LUW V11.1

Remediation/Fixes

For all minor release version that are end of support and unsupported releases the recommendation is to upgrade to latest fixed release. 

For Cloud Pak System 2.3.0.1, V2.3.1.1, V2.3.2.0, V.2.3.3.0, V.2.3.3.1, V.2.3.3.2 

                upgrade to Cloud Pak System V2.3.3.3 and apply  DB2 Ptype 1.2.12.0.

For IBM Cloud Pak System V2.3.3.3 apply DB2 Ptype 1.2.12.0

OR

Upgrade to IBM Cloud Pak System V2.3.3.4 at FixCentral

 

Information on upgrading available at : http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10887959.

Workarounds and Mitigations

If you are running on your OS specific configuration recommendation is to review your environment make sure appropriate checks are in place so that local access is granted only to authenticated trusted users.

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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IBM Security Bulletin 6370025 (DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows)

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

If you are running on your OS specific configuration recommendation is to review your environment make sure appropriate checks are in place so that local access is granted only to authenticated trusted users.

Acknowledgement

Change History

09 Apr 2021: 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
03 May 2022

UID

ibm16444137

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