Vigil@nce: IBM DB2, access via LDAP
June 2009 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
When authentication is based on LDAP, an attacker can connect to
the IBM DB2 database.
Severity: 2/4
Consequences: privileged access/rights
Provenance: intranet client
Means of attack: no proof of concept, no attack
Ability of attacker: expert (4/4)
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5)
Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)
Creation date: 29/05/2009
IMPACTED PRODUCTS
– IBM DB2 UDB
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
A LDAP directory can be configured to store logins and passwords
needed to access to the database.
When the authentication uses LDAP, an attacker can connect to the
IBM DB2 database with no authentication.
Technical details are unknown.
CHARACTERISTICS
Identifiers: JR32268, VIGILANCE-VUL-8744
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/IBM-DB2-access-via-LDAP-8744