CVE-2012-2180 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in IBM DB2 via a crafted request triggering a NULL pointer dereference.

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-2012-2180?

CVE-2012-2180 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Db2, published on 20 Jun 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The chaining functionality in the Distributed Relational Database Architecture (DRDA) module in IBM DB2 9.7 before FP6 and 9.8 before FP5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, and resource consumption or daemon crash) via a crafted request.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2180?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Db2.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2180?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2180 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-2180 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2180 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Db2 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mj78-gf29-j6xp.

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