CVE-2008-3858 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Downlevel DB2RA Support component of IBM DB2 9.1 before Fixpak 4a. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a specially crafted CONNECT data stream, mimicking a V7 client request, which causes the DB2 instance to crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, with no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| 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:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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