Db2 for z/OS and its ecosystem

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Recent security vulnerability not applicable to Db2 for z/OS

By Paul McWilliams posted Fri August 21, 2020 03:46 PM

  

By Jim Pickel.
Recently, IBM® Db2® on Windows platforms reported vulnerability to an information disclosure and denial of service attack (CVE-2020-4414). A fix is available to remediate the exposure; download instructions and more information are available here.

Db2 for z/OS is not vulnerable to this exposure, despite some articles that state it applies to "all platforms".



Jim Pickel is a Senior Technical Staff Member for Db2 for z/OS development.

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