CVE - CVE-2007-4271

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-4271	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 15 and 9.1 before Fixpak 3 allows local users to create arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified environment variable, which is appended to "/tmp/" and used as a log file. NOTE: this issue might be related to symlink following.
References
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AIXAPAR:IY98210 URL:http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY98210 AIXAPAR:IY99261 URL:http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY99261 BID:25339 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25339 CONFIRM:http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255352 CONFIRM:http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607 IDEFENSE:20070816 IBM DB2 Universal Database Directory Traversal Vulnerability URL:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=579 SECTRACK:1018581 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1018581 SECUNIA:26471 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26471 VIM:20070818 Recent DB2 Vulnerabilities URL:http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001765.html VUPEN:ADV-2007-2912 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2912~~ (Obsolete source)
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070809	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070809)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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