Description
The (1) to_char and (2) to_date function in IBM DB2 8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an empty string in the second parameter, which causes a null pointer dereference.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- IBM DB2 DTS To String Conversion - Denial of Service EDB-24677 · dos · Sep 1, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 11400 vdb-entry
- IY61781 vendor-advisory
- http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/db205012005G.txt
- 20050105 IBM DB2 to_char and to_date Denial Of Service (#NISR05012005G) mailing-list
- db2-dts-string-conversion(17614) vdb-entry
- 12733 third-party-advisory