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TITLE:
IBM DB2 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33529

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33529/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
IBM DB2 9.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/13504/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in IBM DB2, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

1) An unspecified error while processing a malformed "CONNECT" data
stream can be exploited to terminate the server.

2) An unspecified error when processing certain malformed data
streams can be exploited to terminate the server.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 9.1 FP6a and
9.5 FP3a.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007053

IBM DB2 9.1:
Apply Fixpack 6a.

IBM DB2 9.5:
Apply Fixpack 3a.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
IBM (IZ36534, IZ37697, IZ39373, IZ39653):
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21363936

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