CVE-2007-4423

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the AUTH_LIST_GROUPS_FOR_AUTHID function in IBM DB2 UDB 9.1 before Fixpak 3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument.

Affected products

IBM Db2 Universal Database: 8.0, 9.0, 9.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/26471
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ01828
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/db2/2007-01.shtml
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001765.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478313/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25339
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018640
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2912
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36065
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36111
http://secunia.com/advisories/26471

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