Team SHATTER Security Advisory: IBM DB2 UDB Arbitrary file overwrite in SYSPROC.NNSTAT procedure

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Team SHATTER Security Advisory

IBM DB2 UDB Arbitrary file overwrite in SYSPROC.NNSTAT procedure

April 17th 2008

Risk Level:
High

Affected versions:
All versions of IBM DB2 Database Server.

Remotely exploitable:
Yes (Authentication to Database Server is needed)

Credits:
This vulnerability was discovered and researched by Cesar Cerrudo of
Application Security Inc.

Details:
NNSTAT procedure retrieves currently available statistics on one or more
nicknames.
By supplying an existing file as a log file parameter, arbitrary files
can be overwritten on the system.
The NNSTAT procedure is installed by default.

Impact:
Any low privileged user can exploit this vulnerability to execute
arbitrary code.

Vendor Status:
Vendor was contacted and a patch was released.

Fix:
To fix the problem apply the FP16(v8), FP4a(v9.1) and FP1(v9.5):
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=71&uid=swg21256235
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=71&uid=swg21255572
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=71&uid=swg21287889

APAR:
IZ06976 - V8 FP16
IZ06977 - V9.1 FP4a
IZ10776 - V9.5 FP1

Timeline:
Vendor Notification - 9/11/2007
Vendor Response - 11/14/2007
Fix - 4/15/2008
Public Disclosure - 4/17/2008

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