CVE-2023-29257
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 is vulnerable to remote code execution as a database administrator of one database may execute code or read/write files from another database within the same instance.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 is vulnerable to remote code execution as a database administrator of one database may execute code or read/write files from another database within the same instance. IBM X-Force ID: 252011.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.53% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ibm/db2
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/252011VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230511-0010/
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6985691Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/252011VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230511-0010/
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6985691Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.