FKIE_CVE-2008-3958

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-09-11 01:13 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:56
Severity
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.
References
cve@mitre.orgftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXT
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/48144
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31787Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ08134
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31058
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45133
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXT
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/48144
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31787Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ08134
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31058
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45133
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ibm db2 *
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
ibm db2 8.0
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