CVE-2005-4870

Medium

Description

Stack-based buffer overflows in the (1) xmlvarcharfromfile, (2) xmlclobfromfile, (3) xmlfilefromvarchar, and (4) xmlfilefromclob function calls in IBM DB2 8.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a 94-byte second argument, which causes the return address to be overwritten with a pointer to the argument.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductIbm Db2
PublishedDec 31, 2005
First seenDec 31, 2005

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
ibm db28.1—

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