CVE-2005-4737 Denial of service in n/a
Authenticated remote attackers can cause a denial of service in IBM DB2 by abnormally terminating connections, leading to CPU exhaustion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-4737?
CVE-2005-4737 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Db2 Universal Database, published on 19 Mar 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) 820 before ESE AIX 5765F4100 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by "abnormally" terminating a connection, which prevents db2agents from being properly cleared.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4737?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Db2 Universal Database.
How do I fix CVE-2005-4737?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-4737 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-4737 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4737 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Db2 Universal Database
- CVE-2007-6045 Unspecified vulnerability in (1) DB2WATCH and (2) DB2FREEZE in IBM DB2 UDB 9.1 before Fixpak 4 has unknown impact and attack vectors.
- CVE-2007-6047 Command injection in n/a
- CVE-2007-6048 Misconfiguration in n/a
- CVE-2007-6051 IBM DB2 UDB 9.1 before Fixpak 4 assigns incorrect privileges to the (1) DB2ADMNS and (2) DB2USERS alternative groups, which has unknown impact.
- CVE-2005-4865 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h3w8-j4fj-qv4j.