cve-2020-4701
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-11-19 15:15
Modified
2024-09-16 22:10
Severity ?
8.4 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
EPSS score ?
0.16% (0.33182)
Summary
IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187078VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6370025Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187078VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6370025Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows Version: 10.5
Version: 11.1
Version: 11.5
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