TITLE:
IBM DB2 Content Manager Potential Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17388

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/17388/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
DB2 Content Manager 8.x
https://secunia.com/product/6083/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in DB2 Content Manager, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial
of Service).

1) An error exists in the library server when creating a text index
of an imported Exel file. This may be exploited by malicious users to
cause the "db2fmp" process to consume large amount of CPU resources by
importing a malformed Exel file.

2) An unspecified error in the handling of LZH files on AIX may cause
a crash in the INSO code.

Several other issues, which may be security related, have also been
fixed.

SOLUTION:
Apply Content Manager Version 8.2 Fix Pack 10 (requires Fix Pack 8).
https://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24010789

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
IBM:
https://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IO00737
https://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27005891&aid=3

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