CVE-2008-3958

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-09-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (instance crash) via a crafted CONNECT/ATTACH data stream that simulates a V7 client connect/attach request. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2008-3858. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3959.

Affected products

IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows: through 8.0; 8.0, 8.0-fp10, 8.0-fp11, 8.0-fp12, 8.0-fp13, 8.0-fp14 (+16)

References

http://osvdb.org/48144
http://secunia.com/advisories/31787
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ08134
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31058
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45133
http://osvdb.org/48144
http://secunia.com/advisories/31787
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ08134
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31058
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45133

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