Information disclosure in IBM DB2

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU12149

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1654

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local unprivileged attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a flaw in the IBM Spectrum Scale component. A local attacker can obtain potentially sensitive information from dump files and cause the information to be transferred to IBM during service engagements.

Mitigation

Update to version 10.5 FP9 or 11.1 FP3.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM DB2: 10.5.0.0 - 11.1 FP2

IBM DB2 LUW: 11.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_db2:11.1 FP2:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_db2:10.5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_db2_luw:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015462

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.