CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-1922

Improper Access Control

Published: Jul 20, 2015 | Modified: Sep 26, 2018
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
3.5 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The Data Movement implementation in IBM DB2 9.7 through FP10, 9.8 through FP5, 10.1 before FP5, and 10.5 through FP5 on Linux, UNIX, and Windows allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and delete table rows via unspecified vectors.

Weakness

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Db2 Ibm 9.7 (including) 9.7 (including)
Db2 Ibm 9.8 (including) 9.8 (including)
Db2 Ibm 10.1 (including) 10.1 (including)
Db2 Ibm 10.5 (including) 10.5 (including)
Db2exc Ubuntu precise *
Db2exc-amd64 Ubuntu precise *

Extended Description

Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:

When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses:

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

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