CVE-2020-4355
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.022 · 82 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper handling of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) renegotiation requests. By sending specially-crafted requests, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to increase the resource usage on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 178507.
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affected products (15)
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references (21)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/47581cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/178507cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4355cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/IBM-DB2-denial-of-service-via-SSL-Renegotiation-Requests-32673cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.4210/cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-db2-may-be-vulnerable-to-a-denial-of-service-attack-cve-2020-4355-2/cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-db2-may-be-vulnerable-to-a-denial-of-service-attack-cve-2020-4355-3/cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-db2-may-be-vulnerable-to-a-denial-of-service-attack-cve-2020-4355-4/cnnvd
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