Description
IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 15 and 9.1 before Fixpak 3 allows local users to create arbitrary directories and execute arbitrary code via a "crafted localized message file" that enables a format string attack, possibly involving the (1) OSSEMEMDBG or (2) TRC_LOG_FILE environment variable in db2licd (db2licm).
References
- db2-message-file-format-string(36106) vdb-entry
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
- 20070818 Recent DB2 Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- ADV-2007-2912 vdb-entry
- 20070816 IBM DB2 Universal Database Directory Creation Vulnerability third-party-advisory
- 25339 vdb-entry
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352
- 1018581 vdb-entry
- 26471 third-party-advisory
- IY98101 vendor-advisory
- IY98011 vendor-advisory