DB2 contains several vulnerabilities which can affect the IBM Performance Management product. Some of the information about security vulnerabilities affecting DB2 has been published in security bulletins.
CVEID: CVE-2018-1936 DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 libdb2e.so.1 is vulnerable to a stack based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. IBM X-Force ID: 153316.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/153316> 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-2019-4014 DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, which could allow an authenticated local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system as root. IBM X-Force ID: 155892.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/155892> 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)
Details of these vulnerabilities can be found in the following security bulletins:
Security Bulletin: IBM Db2 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could allow a local malicious user to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2018-1936)
Security Bulletin: IBM Db2 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could allow a local malicious user to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2019-4014)
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Base Private 8.1.4
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Advanced Private 8.1.4
IBM Monitoring , 8.1.3
IBM Application Diagnostics, 8.1.3
IBM Application Performance Management, 8.1.3
IBM Application Performance Management Advanced, 8.1.3
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IBM Cloud Application Performance Management Base Private
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management Advanced Private
| 8.1.4 |
The vulnerabilities can be remediated by first applying the necessary fixes to your DB2 V10.5, or V11.1 server. The fixes can be accessed from the following security bulletins:Security Bulletin: IBM Db2 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could allow a local malicious user to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2018-1936)
Security Bulletin: IBM Db2 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could allow a local malicious user to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2019-4014)
To use your updated DB2 V10.5, or V11.1 server with your IBM Cloud Application Performance Management product, apply the 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-SERVER-IF0004 or later server patch to the system where the Cloud APM server is installed. Interim fixes for the Cloud APM server version 8.1.4 are available to download from IBM Fix Central at this link:
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%20Performance%20Management%20family&product=ibm/Tivoli/IBM+Application+Performance+Management+Advanced&release=8.1.4.0&platform=All&function=all
IBM Monitoring
IBM Application Diagnostics
IBM Application Performance Management
IBM Application Performance Management Advanced
| 8.1.3 |
The vulnerabilities can be remediated by first applying the necessary fixes to your DB2 V10.5 server. The fixes can be accessed from the following security bulletins:
Security Bulletin: IBM Db2 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could allow a local malicious user to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2018-1936)
Security Bulletin: IBM Db2 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could allow a local malicious user to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2019-4014)
To use your updated DB2 V10.5 server with your IBM Cloud Application Performance Management product, apply the 8.1.3.0-IBM-IPM-SERVER-IF0011 or later server patch to the system where the APM server is installed. Interim fixes for the APM server version 8.1.3 are available to download from IBM Fix Central at this link: https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%20Performance%20Management%20family&product=ibm/Tivoli/IBM+Application+Performance+Management+Advanced&release=8.1.3.0&platform=All&function=all
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