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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2020-4414 – Memory leak in IBM DB2

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) could allow a local attacker to perform unauthorized actions on the system, caused by improper usage of shared memory. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service.

Impact

  • Information disclosure
  • Denial of service

Affected Vendors

IBM

Affected Products

  • IBM Db2 V9.7
  • V10.1
  • V10.5
  • V11.1
  • V11.5

Remediation

Users are advised to update to fixed versions.

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