IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	31988
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-4801
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 29 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 16 2015 05:52PM
Credit:	Manuel Santamarina Suarez
Vulnerable:	IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.5.1 .6 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.5.1 .0 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.5 .7 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.4.2 .4 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.4.2 .3 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.4.2 .2 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3.6 .9 Express IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3.6 .2 Special IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3.6 .2 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3.6 .1 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3.5 .3 Client IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.2.5 .2 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.1.8 .2 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.1.8 .1 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.5 Client IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.4 Client IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3 Client IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.2 Client IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.1 Client
Not Vulnerable:

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client is prone to a remote heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerability.

Successfully exploiting this issue would allow a remote attacker to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code in the context of the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Backup-Archive client.

The following versions of TSM are vulnerable:

TSM 5.5 with client levels 5.5.0.0 to 5.5.0.7
TSM 5.4 with client levels 5.4.0.0 to 5.4.2.2
TSM 5.3 with client levels 5.3.0.0 to 5.3.6.1
TSM 5.2 with client levels 5.2.0.0 to 5.2.5.2
TSM 5.1 with client levels 5.1.0.0 to 5.1.8.1
TSM Express all levels

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and updates. Please see the references for more information.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

References:

• 1322623 - TSM client buffer overrun security vulnerability (IBM)
  
• IBM Homepage (IBM)
  
• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express for Microsoft SQL Heap Overflow Vulnerability (Zero Day Initiative)
  
• ZDI-08-071: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express for Microsoft SQL Heap Overflow ([email protected])