CVE-2008-3960 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the IBM DB2 JDBC Applet Server Service by sending malicious packets, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-3960?
CVE-2008-3960 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Db2 Universal Database, published on 9 Sep 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the JDBC Applet Server Service (aka db2jds) in IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via "malicious packets."
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3960?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Db2 Universal Database.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3960?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3960 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-2008-3960 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3960 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-jpcf-q9v6-ghjf.