CVE-2006-6638
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
IBM DB2 8.1 before FixPak 14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted SQLJRA packet, which causes a NULL pointer dereference in the sqle_db2ra_as_recvrequest function in DB2ENGN.DLL, a different issue than CVE-2006-4257.
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affected products (14)
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references (8)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/23397enisa_euvd
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY91847enisa_euvd
- http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/db2/2006-11-30.shtmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21646enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23397PatchVendor Advisorynvd
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY91847Patchnvd
- http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/db2/2006-11-30.shtmlPatchVendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21646Patchnvd
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