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CVE-2008-3857

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score
4.6 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200
EPSS score
0.3% (28th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2008-3843)
Published
August 28, 2008
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3843 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database
  • ibm / db2 universal database

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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