12755 : IBM DB2 Universal Database to_char / to_date Function Remote DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2004-10-06

Description

DB2 contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when calling the 'to_char' and 'to_date' functions with an empty string for its second parameter, which causes the database to crash resulting in a loss of availability for the service.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required, Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Unknown

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, IBM has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

IBM Corporation

DB2

8.1 Fixpak 6

References

Keyword: #NISR05012005G APAR IY61781
Security Tracker: 1011562
Related OSVDB ID: 10513 10514 10515 10516 10517 10518 10519 10520 10521 10522 10523 12754 12756 12757
Bugtraq ID: 11400
Secunia Advisory ID: 12733
ISS X-Force ID: 17614
CVE ID: 2005-4869 (see also: NVD)
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-01/0029.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=71&context=SSEPGG&uid=swg21179535&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY61781
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21181105
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21181228
Other Advisory URL: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY61781
http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/db2-01.txt
http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/db205012005G.txt
Vendor URL: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/

Tools & Filters

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Credit

NGSSoftware Insight Security Research - nisrnextgenss.com - NGSSoftware Insight Security Research

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-10-09 | Disagree?

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