CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1372

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in IBM DB2 7.x and 8.1 allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long third argument to the rec2xml function or a long filename argument to the generate_distfile procedure.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges and take control of the system, leading to a breach of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Recommendation

Apply the patches provided by IBM for DB2 versions 7.x and 8.1 immediately, and restrict local system access to trusted users only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in IBM DB2 7.x and 8.1 allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long third argument to the rec2xml function or (2) a long filename argument to the generate_distfile procedure.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS