Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities may affect IBM DB2 shipped with Predictive Maintenance and Quality and Predictive Maintenance Insights On-Premises(CVE-2021-38931, CVE-2021-29678, CVE-2021-20373, CVE-2021-39002, CVE-2021-38926)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM DB2 is shipped with IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality and Predictive Maintenance Insights On-Premises. Information about security vulnerabilities affecting DB2 has been published in multiple security bulletins as below. The recommended solution is to upgrade to Fix Pack version 11.5.7 on DB2 Server for IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality and Predictive Maintenance Insights On-Premises installations.

Vulnerability Details

Refer to the security bulletin(s) listed in the Remediation/Fixes section

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality	1.0.x
IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality	2.5.x
IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality	2.0.x
IBM Maximo APM - Predictive Maintenance Insights On-Premises	1.0.3

Remediation/Fixes

Please refer to below security bulletins for details on the vulnerabilities. The recommended solution is to upgrade to Fix Pack version 11.5.7 on DB2 Server for IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality and Predictive Maintenance Insights On-Premises installations.

Security Bulletin: IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to an Information Disclosure as a user with DBADM authority is able to access other databases and read or modify files (CVE-2021-29678)
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6523806
Affected Db2 releases: V9.7, V10.1, V10.5, V11.1, V11.5

Security Bulletin: IBM® Db2® may be vulnerable to an Information Disclosure when using the LOAD utility as under certain circumstances the LOAD utility does not enforce directory restrictions. (CVE-2021-20373)
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6523804
Affected Db2 releases: V9.7, V10.1, V10.5, V11.1, V11.5

Security Bulletin: IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to an information disclosure as it uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. (CVE-2021-39002)
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6523802
Affected Db2 releases: V9.7, V10.1, V10.5, V11.1, V11.5

Security Bulletin: IBM® Db2® could allow a local user elevated privileges due to allowing modification of columns of existing tasks (CVE-2021-38926)
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6523808
Affected Db2 releases: V9.7, V10.1, V10.5, V11.1, V11.5

Security Bulletin: IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to an information disclosure as a result of a connected user having indirect read access to a table where they are not authorized to select from. (CVE-2021-38931)
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6523810
Affected Db2 releases: V11.1, V11.5

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

17 Feb 2022: 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:
18 February 2022

Initial Publish date:
17 February 2022

UID

ibm16557450

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Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities may affect IBM DB2 shipped with Predictive Maintenance and Quality and Predictive Maintenance Insights On-Premises(CVE-2021-38931, CVE-2021-29678, CVE-2021-20373, CVE-2021-39002, CVE-2021-38926)