CVE-2008-3857 describes a vulnerability in the Base Service Utilities component of IBM DB2 9.1 before Fixpak 5. This flaw causes the software to retain cleartext passwords in memory after a database connection is established. A local attacker could exploit this by reading a memory dump, potentially gaining unauthorized access to sensitive information. While the CVSS score is 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), indicating low attack complexity and local access, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:aix:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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