Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in IBM DB2 Universal Database, which could be exploited by local attackers to gain elevated privileges.
The first issue is caused by an error in the "db2dasrrm" utility that creates the "dasRecoveryIndex", "dasRecoveryIndex.tmp", ".dasRecoveryIndex.lock", and "dasRecoveryIndex.cor" with insecure permissions, which could be exploited by the "dasusr1" user or a local attacker (member of the "db2adm1" group) to gain root privileges via symbolic links.
The second vulnerability is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "db2dasrrm" utility when processing the "DASPROF" environment variable, which could be exploited by local attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by Joshua J. Drake and iDefense Labs.
ChangeLog
2008-04-16 : Initial release
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