IBM DB2 Multiple CGI Single Byte Request Remote DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 10871

Synopsis

The remote database service is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

It was possible to crash the IBM DB2 database service by connecting to the affected service and sending just one byte to it.

Solution

Contact the vendor for a patch.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jul/189

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 10871

File Name: db2_dos.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: remote

Family: Databases

Published: 3/6/2002

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:db2

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-1143

BID: 3010