FKIE_CVE-2007-4271

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-08-18 21:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:43
Severity
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 15 and 9.1 before Fixpak 3 allows local users to create arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified environment variable, which is appended to "/tmp/" and used as a log file. NOTE: this issue might be related to symlink following.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=579
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26471Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1018581
cve@mitre.orghttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY98210
cve@mitre.orghttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY99261Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352
cve@mitre.orghttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001765.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25339
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2912
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=579
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26471Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1018581
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY98210
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY99261Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001765.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25339
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2912
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ibm db2_universal_database *
ibm db2_universal_database *
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      "value": "Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en IBM DB2 UDB 8 anterior a Fixpak 15 y 9.1 anterior Fixpak 3 permite a usuarios locales crear archivos de su elecci\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de la secuencia .. (punto punto) en una variables de entorno no espec\u00edficada, la cual se encuentra a\u00f1adida a \"/tmp/\" y es utilizada como fichero de log. NOTA: este asunto podr\u00eda estar relacionado con el seguimiento de enlaces simb\u00f3licos."
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:43:42.987",
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