CVE-2016-0215 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can crash the IBM DB2 daemon by executing a specific SELECT statement with an AVG OLAP function.
- 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-2016-0215?
CVE-2016-0215 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Db2, published on 16 Jan 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM DB2 9.7, 10.1 before FP6, and 10.5 before FP8 on AIX, Linux, HP, Solaris and Windows allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a SELECT statement with a subquery containing the AVG OLAP function on an Oracle compatible database.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0215?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Db2.
How do I fix CVE-2016-0215?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0215 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-2016-0215 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0215 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Db2
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v4m3-gc9v-m4ff.