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Problem IC79970
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Status: Closed |
SECURITY: DB2 ESCALATION OF PRIVILEGE VULNERABILITY (CVE-2011-4061) |
| product: |
DB2 FOR LUW / DB2FORLUW / 950 - DB2 |
| Problem description: |
DB2 Server products bundle IBM Tivoli Monitoring Agent (ITMA)
which is intended for users of Optim
Database Administrator. Use of the Monitoring Agent for DB2 is
specifically restricted to supplying
monitoring information to the Optim Database Administrator
Health and Availability monitoring feature
only. There is a vulnerability in ITMA which a local user can
exploit to gain escalated privilege.
.
This vulnerability does not exist on DB2 for Windows. |
| Problem Summary: |
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* USERS AFFECTED: *
* All DB2 systems on all Linux, Unix and Windows platforms at *
* service levels from Version 9.5 GA through to Version 9.5 *
* Fix Pack 8. *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: *
* See Error Description. *
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* RECOMMENDATION: *
* Upgrade to DB2 Version 9.5 Fix Pack 9 or see "Local Fix" *
* portion for other suggestions. *
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| Local Fix: |
DB2 installs ITMA by default. However, ITMA is not required
unless you are using Optim Database Administrator to monitor
DB2. If you are not using ITMA for this purpose, you can
uninstall it to mitigate the vulnerability. Refer to the
following links for the uninstall information:
V9.7:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v9r7/index.jsp?t
opic=/com.ibm.db2.luw.qb.server.doc/doc/t0054822.html
V9.5:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v9r5/index.jsp?t
opic=/com.ibm.db2.luw.qb.server.doc/doc/t0054822.html |
| available fix packs: |
DB2 Version 9.5 Fix Pack 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
DB2 Version 9.5 Fix Pack 10 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
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| Solution |
The complete fix for this problem first appears in DB2 Version
9.5 Fix Pack 9 and all the subsequent Fix Packs. |
| Workaround |
not known / see Local fix |
| BUG-Tracking |
forerunner : APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following: IC84175
follow-up : |
| Timestamps |
Date - problem reported :
Date - problem closed :
Date - last modified :
| 23.11.2011
05.03.2012
11.06.2012 |
| Problem solved at the following versions (IBM BugInfos) |
9.5.FP9
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| Problem solved according to the fixlist(s) of the following version(s) |
| 9.5.0.9
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