Security Bulletin
Summary
BigInsights is affected by a vulnerability in DB2 (CVE-2014-0919, CVE-2016-0211).
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-0211
DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 LUW contains a denial of service vulnerability. A remote, authenticated DB2 user could exploit this vulnerability by issuing a specially-crafted DRDA message and cause DB2 server to terminate abnormally.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109608 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2014-0919
DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 9.5 through 10.5 on Linux, UNIX, and Windows stores passwords during the processing of certain SQL statements by the monitoring and audit facilities, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via commands associated with these facilities.
CVSS Base Score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91981
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS: 4.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM InfoSphere BigInsights: 3.0.0.2, 4.0, 4.1
Remediation/Fixes
Principal Product and Version(s) | Fix |
IBM InfoSphere BigInsights 4.x | Apply rpm from Fix Central: db2luw_4_1_0_2-10.6-0.3x86_64rhel6.rpm |
IBM InfoSphere BigInsights: 3.0.0.2 | Apply IFix from Fix Central: IM-BigInsights-EE-linuxamd64_DB2_malformatted_DRDA_messages |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
31 August 2016: Original Version Published
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Information
Modified date:
18 July 2020
UID
swg21987604