CVE-2008-3857

IBM DB2 9.1 - Exposure of Sensitive Information via Base Service Utilities

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Base Service Utilities component in IBM DB2 9.1 before Fixpak 5 retains a cleartext password in memory after the database connection that sent the password is fully established, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a memory dump.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45139
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_aixapar
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1JR27422
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1769
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29601

Scores

EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 26.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (1)
ibm/db2_universal_database 9.1 (23 CPE variants)
Published Aug 28, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026