Security Bulletin: IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to an information disclosure, exposing remote storage credentials to privileged users under specific conditions.(CVE-2021-29752)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to an information disclosure, exposing remote storage credentials to privileged users under specific conditions.(CVE-2021-29752)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-29752
DESCRIPTION: IBM Db2 contains an information disclosure vulnerability, exposing remote storage credentials to privileged users under specific conditions.
CVSS Base score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/201780 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

All fix pack levels of IBM Db2 V11.1, and V11.5 editions on all platforms are affected.

Versions 9.7, 10.1 and 10.5 are not impacted.

Remediation/Fixes

Customers running any vulnerable fixpack level of an affected Program, 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: V11.1.4 FP6, and V11.5.6. They can be applied to any affected fixpack level of the appropriate release to remediate this vulnerability.

Release	Fixed in fix pack	APAR	Download URL
V11.1	TBD	IT36931	Special Build for V11.1.4 FP6: AIX 64-bit Linux 32-bit, x86-32 Linux 64-bit, x86-64 Linux 64-bit, POWER™ little endian Linux 64-bit, System z®, System z9® or zSeries® Solaris 64-bit, SPARC Windows 32-bit, x86 Windows 64-bit, x86
V11.5	11.5.7	IT37254	https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6524304

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

08 Dec 2021: Updated 11.5 link to the 11.5.7 release
19 Oct 2021: Refreshed image for 11.5 Windows 64-bit (corrected spec file)
29 Sep 2021: Refreshed image for 11.5 Windows 64-bit
15 Sep 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

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to an information disclosure, exposing remote storage credentials to privileged users under specific conditions.(CVE-2021-29752)