01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-08-28 17:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-08-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 47b8944d23e58c68ddc8e22bcf1c3249b2d18a5129ac2b1a5ea4aaad5e902151
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www-1.ibm.comhttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-db2-baseservices-info-disclosure(45139)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45139
- www-1.ibm.comJR27422http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1JR27422
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1769http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1769
- www.securityfocus.com29601http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29601