CVE-2008-3852
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUnspecified vulnerability in the CLR stored procedure deployment from IBM Database Add-Ins for Visual Studio in the Visual Studio Net component in IBM DB2 9.1 before Fixpak 5 and 9.5 before Fixpak 2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA vulnerability in IBM DB2's CLR stored procedure deployment feature allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. This is a code execution vulnerability in the Visual Studio Net component's database add-ins for DB2.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 9.1<= 9.5= 9.1= 9.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed DB2 versionRun command: db2level or db2pd -version from DB2 command line. Alternatively, check Windows Services for IBM DB2 service and view version in service properties, or query DB2 with: SELECT * FROM SYSIBM.SYSVERSIONAffected if Version is 9.1 (any fixpak) or 9.5 (any fixpak) - these are in the affected range of <= 9.1 and <= 9.5
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Determine if CLR stored procedure support is enabledCheck DB2 configuration for CLR: run 'db2 get dbm cfg' and look for CLR related parameters. On Windows, verify if .NET Framework CLR is installed and available to DB2. Check if any CLR stored procedures exist in the database by querying SYSIBM.SYSROUTINES with ROUTINETYPE='C'Affected if CLR stored procedure support is enabled or CLR stored procedures exist in the database, making the attack surface active
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Verify presence of Visual Studio DB2 add-in componentsCheck for IBM DB2 add-ins for Visual Studio in Windows Registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\X.X\Packages or inspect Visual Studio installation for DB2-related add-ins. Look for IBM DB2 Database Add-Ins for Visual Studio in Windows Programs and FeaturesAffected if Visual Studio .NET database add-ins for DB2 are installed, as the vulnerability is tied to this component's CLR deployment functionality
A user is affected if they are running DB2 version 9.1 or 9.5 with CLR stored procedure deployment feature enabled and Visual Studio .NET DB2 add-ins present, allowing authenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply IBM DB2 Fixpak 5 for version 9.1 or Fixpak 2 for version 9.5 to patch the vulnerability. Restrict network access to trusted authenticated users only until the patch is applied.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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