CVE-2008-3958 (GCVE-0-2008-3958)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-09 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:00
VLAI
Summary
IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (instance crash) via a crafted CONNECT/ATTACH data stream that simulates a V7 client connect/attach request. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2008-3858. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3959.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31058 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://secunia.com/advisories/31787 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://osvdb.org/48144 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2008-09-01 00:00
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