CVE-2006-6638 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in IBM DB2 8.1 before FixPak 14, specifically affecting the db2_universal_database product. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a crafted SQLJRA packet, leading to a NULL pointer dereference in the sqle_db2ra_as_recvrequest function within DB2ENGN.DLL. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.1:*:aix:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1.6cCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.1.6c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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