Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in libqb affects IBM® Db2® High-Availability deployments using Pacemaker (CVE-2023-39976)

Summary

A vulnerability in libqb affects IBM® Db2® High-Availability deployments using Pacemaker.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-39976
**DESCRIPTION:**ClusterLabs libqb is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the qb_vsnprintf_serialize function in log_blackbox.c. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/263116 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

11.5.x

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Server

Linux platforms is affected. Unix, Windows are not affected.

Remediation/Fixes

Customers running any vulnerable fixpack level of an affected Program, 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: V11.5.8. They can be applied to any affected fixpack level of the appropriate release to remediate this vulnerability.

Special Build for V11.5.7:

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®

Special Build for V11.5.8:

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®

IBM does not disclose key Db2 functionality nor replication steps for a vulnerability to avoid providing too much information to any potential malicious attacker. IBM does not want to enable a malicious attacker with sufficient knowledge to craft an exploit of the vulnerability.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.