CVE-2003-0759 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in db2licm in IBM DB2 Universal Data Base 7.2 before Fixpak 10a allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

Published: 2003-09-19

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:7.2:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-0750	Buffer overflow in db2licm in IBM DB2 Universal Data Base 7.2 before Fixpak 10a allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00266.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/db2aixv7/FP10a_U495172/FixpakReadme.txt
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0114.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106389919618721&w=2
http://www-3.ibm.com/cgi-bin/db2www/data/db2/udb/winos2unix/support/aparlib.d2w/display_apar_details?aparno=IY47653
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-154.shtml
http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=366&idxseccion=10
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8553

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Db2 Universal Database

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-09-19T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:05:11.932Z

Reserved: 2003-09-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0759

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-10-06T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-0759

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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