Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation vulnerabilities affect IBM® Db2® (CVE-2017-1438)

2018-07-1119:20:04

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5.1%

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Summary

Vulnerabilities in IBM Db2 could allow a local user to gain elevated privilege.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-1438 DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) could allow a local user with DB2 instance owner privileges to obtain root access.
CVSS Base Score: 6.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/128057 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

All fix pack levels of IBM Db2 V9.7, V10.1, V10.5, and V11.1 server editions running on AIX, Linux, HP, Solaris are affected. Db2 running on Windows is not vulnerable.

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the appropriate fix for this vulnerability.

FIX:

Customers running any vulnerable fixpack level of an affected Program, V9.7, V10.1, V10.5, V11.1, 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: DB2 V9.7 FP11, V10.1 FP6, V10.5 FP8 and V11.1.2.2 FP2. They can be applied to any affected fixpack level of the appropriate release to remediate this vulnerability.