IBM DB2 9.7 < 9.7 FP 11 40985 / 10.1 < 10.1 FP 6 40986 / 10.5 < 10.5 FP 11 40988 / 11.1 < 11.1.4 FP 6 40997 / 11.5 < 11.5.7 Information Disclosure (Unix)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 157245

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Synopsis

The remote database server is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, IBM Db2 is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability due to allowing modification of columns of existing tasks. An unauthenticated, local attacker can exploit this to elevate to higher privileges.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the appropriate IBM DB2 Fix Pack or Special Build based on the most recent fix pack level for your branch.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 157245

File Name: db2_6523808_nix.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Databases

Published: 1/31/2022

Updated: 5/5/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-38926

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:db2

Required KB Items: installed_sw/DB2 Server

Excluded KB Items: SMB/db2/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-38926

IAVB: 2022-B-0001-S

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