Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in IBM DB2, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
IBM DB2 Universal Database Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25148
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/25148/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From local network
SOFTWARE:
DB2 Universal Database 6.x
https://secunia.com/product/859/
DB2 Universal Database 7.x
https://secunia.com/product/858/
DB2 Universal Database 8.x
https://secunia.com/product/857/
IBM DB2 for Linux UNIX and Windows 9.x
https://secunia.com/product/13504/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in IBM DB2, which can be exploited
by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within the
DB2JDS service and can be exploited to execute arbitrary code. No
further information is available.
SOLUTION:
Restrict access to the DB2JDS service.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
IBM:
https://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY97750
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