CVE-2008-6821

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2008-6821 · Published 03/06/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-6821 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting db2 (ibm).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.7%, higher than 89.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
db2 ibm	`= 8.0= 9.1= 9.5`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in the DAS server in IBM DB2 8 before FP17, 9.1 before FP5, and 9.5 before FP2 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-3676 and CVE-2008-3853.

References

ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXT · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/31787 · Vendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss · Patch
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss · Patch
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss · Patch
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/35408
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51108

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

db2

ibm

= 8.0= 9.1= 9.5

No fix yet

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