Security Bulletin: IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to buffer overflow leading to a privileged escalation (CVE-2020-4363)

2021-03-1021:09:09

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ibm db2

buffer overflow

local attacker privilege

cve-2020-4363

bounds checking

root privileges

fix pack

affected products

vulnerability remediation.

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

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Summary

IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-4363
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/178960 for the current score.
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

All fix pack levels of IBM Db2 V9.7, V10.1, V10.5, V11.1, and V11.5 editions on all platforms are affected.

Remediation/Fixes

Customers running any vulnerable fixpack level of an affected Program 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: V9.7 FP11, V10.1 FP6, V10.5 FP11, 11.1 FP5, and V11.5 GA. They can be applied to any affected fixpack level of the appropriate release to remediate this vulnerability.