Security Bulletin: Multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities in IBM DB2 HPU

Summary

IBM DB2 High Performance Unload load privilege escalation in IBM DB2 HPU debug binary via trusted PATH and privilege escalation in IBM DB2 HPU via loading DB2 library

Vulnerability Details

Relevant CVE Information:

CVEID: CVE-2019-4447 DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 High Performance Unload load shared libraries from an untrusted path potentially giving low privilege user full access to root by loading a malicious shared library.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163488&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2019-4448 DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 High Performance Unload executes binaries from an untrusted path which could allow a local user to execute arbitrary code as the root user.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163489&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
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

DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW 6.1

DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW 6.1.0.1

DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW 6.1.0.1 IF1

DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW 6.1.0.2

DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW 6.1.0.2 IF1

DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW 6.1.0.2 IF2

Remediation/Fixes

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Information Management&amp;product=ibm/Information+Management/Optim+High+Performance+Unload+for+DB2+Linux+UNIX+and+Windows&amp;release=6.1.0.3&amp;platform=All&amp;function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

N/A