Vulnerability Details CVE-2008-3857
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 18.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.6
References
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1JR27422
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29601
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1769
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45139
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1JR27422
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29601
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1769
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45139
Products affected by CVE-2008-3857
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cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1