Details

Datalinks enables the database to support the Data Links Manager to manage unstructured data, such as images, large files and other unstructured files on the host. It is recommended that datalinks support be disabled.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

1. Attach to the DB2 instance
db2 => attach to $DB2INSTANCE
2. Run the following command from the DB2 command window-
db2 => update database manager configuration using datalinks no

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/162

This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

Source

• Tenable.com/audits