PT-2020-18210
CVE-2020-4701
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Published
2020-11-18
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Updated
2020-12-01
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 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) versions 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5
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 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5, update to a fixed version to resolve the issue.
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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