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title: "CVE-2012-0709\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-0709

Publication date 20 March 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

IBM DB2 9.5 before FP9, 9.7 through FP5, and 9.8 through FP4 does not
properly check variables, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass
intended restrictions on viewing table data by leveraging the CREATEIN
privilege to execute crafted SQL CREATE VARIABLE statements.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0709?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| db2exc | 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.10 utopic | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

no fix available for 9.7, but there is a mitigation. See IBM
support documentation.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0709)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0709)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-0709)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0709)

### Other references

* <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/73493>
* <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21588100>
* <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC81836>
* <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC81390>
* <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC81387>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0709>