PT-2019-17118
CVE-2019-4523
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Published
2019-10-22
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Updated
2019-10-24
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
IBM DB2 High Performance Unload load for LUW versions 6.1 through 6.5
Description
The issue is caused by improper bounds checking, leading to a buffer overflow. This could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
Recommendations
For versions 6.1 through 6.5, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent exploitation.
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