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Re: Memory leak in DB2 sqlcctcpgetbuffer process, vulnerability or not?


From: "Graham Reed" <greed () pobox com>
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 11:19:23 -0400

Henk van de Tillaerdt writes:
Sun released an alert about a memory leak in the sqlcctcpgetbuffer
process of DB2:

I'm wondering, is this a vulnerability or not?

Can't answer your other questions, but memory leaks lead to exhausted memory which gives you a denial-of-service attack.
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