Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Db2

Published: 2024-07-09

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-25710 CVE-2024-26308
CWE-ID	CWE-835 CWE-400
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	IBM DB2 Server applications / Database software
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU86624

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25710

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when processing a corrupt DUMP file. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM DB2: 11.5.8 - 11.5.9

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_db2:11.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7156846

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

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.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU86625