CVE-2010-4604
Stack-based buffer overflow in the GeneratePassword function in dsmtca (aka the Trusted Communications Agent or TCA) in the backup-archive client in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.3.x before 5.3.6.10, 5.4.x before 5.4.3.4, 5.5.x before 5.5.2.10, and…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.94%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the GeneratePassword function in dsmtca (aka the Trusted Communications Agent or TCA) in the backup-archive client in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.3.x before 5.3.6.10, 5.4.x before 5.4.3.4, 5.5.x before 5.5.2.10, and 6.1.x before 6.1.3.1 on Unix and Linux allows local users to gain privileges by specifying a long LANG environment variable, and then sending a request over a pipe.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.94% probability · 59th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- ibm/tivoli storage manager
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42639Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024901Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC65491Broken Link
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15745Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21454745Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kryptoslogic.com/advisories/2010/kryptoslogic-ibm-tivoli-dsmtca-exploit.cBroken Link, Exploit
- http://www.kryptoslogic.com/advisories/2010/kryptoslogic-ibm-tivoli-dsmtca.txtBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515263/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3251Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42639Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024901Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC65491Broken Link
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15745Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21454745Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kryptoslogic.com/advisories/2010/kryptoslogic-ibm-tivoli-dsmtca-exploit.cBroken Link, Exploit
- http://www.kryptoslogic.com/advisories/2010/kryptoslogic-ibm-tivoli-dsmtca.txtBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515263/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3251Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.