This host is running IBM DB2 and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.

Successful exploitation will allow attacker to allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unknown vectors. Impact Level: Application

Upgrade to IBM DB2 9.7 FP5 or later, For updates refer to http://www-01.ibm.com

The flaw is due an error when the Self Tuning Memory Manager (STMM) feature and the AUTOMATIC DATABASE_MEMORY setting are configured.

IBM DB2 version 9.7 before FP5 on Linux.

Get the installed version of IBM DB2 with the help of detect NVT and check the version is vulnerable or not.

• http://osvdb.org/77204
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC70473
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/71043

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Updated on 2015-03-25