Stack-Overflow Vulnerability in IBM DB2 Universal Database 7.2 for Windows

October 31, 2003 Stack-Overflow Vulnerability in IBM DB2 Universal Database 7.2 for Windows A Web Exclusive from WinInfo Kathy Blomstrom WinInfo InstantDoc #40684 WinInfo	Email this Article Printer Friendly Reader Comments Digg This Del.icio.us RSS
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Application Security discovered that a stack-overflow vulnerability in DB2 Universal Database 7.2 for Windows can result in the execution of arbitrary code on the vulnerable server. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker can issue a carefully crafted Invoke command. IBM has released Fixpak 10a for DB2 7.2 to fix this vulnerability.

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