CVE-2005-4866

IBM DB2 Universal Database 8.1 - Remote Code Execution via JDBC Applet Server Username Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in JDBC Applet Server in IBM DB2 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary by connecting and sending a long username, then disconnecting gracefully and reconnecting and sending a short username and an unexpected db2java.zip version, which causes a null terminator to be removed and leads to the overflow.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_aixapar
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY61492
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/db205012005D.txt
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11401
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110495251101381&w=2
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/12733/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17613

Scores

EPSS 0.0155
EPSS Percentile 72.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (5)
ibm/db2_universal_database 7.0 (4 CPE variants)
ibm/db2_universal_database 7.1 (5 CPE variants)
ibm/db2_universal_database 7.2 (5 CPE variants)
ibm/db2_universal_database 8.0 (5 CPE variants)
ibm/db2_universal_database 8.1 (5 CPE variants)
Published Dec 31, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026