PT-2021-3399
CVE-2020-4885
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Published
2021-06-24
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Updated
2021-09-20
Description by
CVSS 3.1
4.7
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) version 11.5
Description
The issue is caused by a race condition of a symbolic link, allowing a local user to access and change the configuration of Db2. It is also described as being due to synchronization errors when using a shared resource, which could enable an attacker to modify the DB2 configuration.
Recommendations
For IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) version 11.5, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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