CVE-2008-3857
N/A
Published: August 28, 2008 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:56 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDB2 Universal Database
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
The Base Service Utilities component in IBM DB2 9.1 before Fixpak 5 retains a cleartext password in memory after the database connection that sent the password is fully established, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a memory dump.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Source: [email protected]
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1JR27422x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1769VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45139Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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