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title: "CVE-2015-1883\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-1883

Publication date 20 July 2015

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 9.7 through FP10, 9.8 through FP5, 10.1 before FP5, and 10.5
through FP5 on Linux, UNIX, and Windows allows remote authenticated users
to read certain administrative files via crafted use of an
automated-maintenance policy stored procedure.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1883?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 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| db2exc-amd64 | 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 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | 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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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

DB2 is in the partner archive for the 12.04 LTS release

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1883)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1883)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-1883)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1883)

### Other references

* <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21698308>
* <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT08086>
* <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT08085>
* <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT08080>
* <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT08075>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1883>