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FKIE_CVE-2020-4885

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-06-24 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:20
Severity
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5 could allow a local user to access and change the configuration of Db2 due to a race condition of a symbolic link,. IBM X-Force ID: 190909.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190909VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210720-0006/Third Party Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6466363Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190909VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210720-0006/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6466363Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ibm db2 11.5
ibm aix -
linux linux_kernel -
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