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CVE-2008-3857

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.

  • Published: Aug 28, 2008
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2008-3857
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.6
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
ibm / db2_universal_database 9.1-fp4 9.1-fp4.x
ibm / db2_universal_database 9.1-fp4a 9.1-fp4a.x
ibm / db2_universal_database 9.1-fp2 9.1-fp2.x
ibm / db2_universal_database 9.1-fp3 9.1-fp3.x
ibm / db2_universal_database 9.1 9.1.x