CVE-2016-5985

Summary

CVECVE-2016-5985
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-01 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-02-13 21:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) AIX client is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when Journal-Based Backup is enabled. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a system crash.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Ibm Aix All All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix All All All All
Application Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager 6.3.0.0 All All All
Application Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager 6.4.0.0 All All All
Application Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1.0.0 All All All
Application Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager 6.3.0.0 All All All
Application Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager 6.4.0.0 All All All
Application Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1.0.0 All All All
Application Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager All All All All
Application Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager All All All All
Application Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager All All All All
Application Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager All All All All
Application Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager All All All All
Application Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client CVE-2016-5985 Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
IBM Security Bulletin: Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) AIX Client Buffer Overflow (CVE-2016-5985) - United States CONFIRM www.ibm.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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