CVE-2008-3858

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Downlevel DB2RA Support component in IBM DB2 9.1 before Fixpak 4a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (instance crash) via a crafted CONNECT data stream that simulates a V7 client connect request.

Affected products

IBM Db2 Universal Database: 9.1, 9.1-fp2, 9.1-fp3, 9.1-fp4, 9.1-fp4a

References

http://osvdb.org/48428
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ07299
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29601
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45138
http://osvdb.org/48428
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ07299
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29601
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45138

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