CVE-2008-4693

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The SORT/LIST SERVICES component in IBM DB2 9.1 before FP6 and 9.5 before FP2 writes sensitive information to the trace output, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading "PASSWORD-RELATED CONNECTION STRING KEYWORD VALUES."

Affected products

IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows: through 9.1; through 9.5; 9.1, 9.1-fp1, 9.1-fp2, 9.1-fp3, 9.1-fp3a, 9.1-fp4 (+2)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32368
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ23915
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ28489
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27013892
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2893
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46022
http://secunia.com/advisories/32368
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ23915
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ28489
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27013892

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