CVE-2006-3068 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) before 8.2 FixPak 12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending "incorrect information ... regarding the package name/creator," which leads to a "memory overwrite."

Published: 2006-06-19

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

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:8.1:*:aix:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-3065	IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) before 8.2 FixPak 12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending "incorrect information ... regarding the package name/creator," which leads to a "memory overwrite."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0092.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/20579
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY79204
http://www.osvdb.org/29862
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2332

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00885}`	epss `{'score': 0.0092}`

Subscriptions

Ibm Db2 Universal Database

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-06-19T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:16:05.806Z

Reserved: 2006-06-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3068

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-06-19T10:02:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-3068

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

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