OSVDB ID: 38161

Title: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Client Client Acceptor Daemon (CAD, dsmcad.exe) Remote Overflow

Info

Disclosure

Sep 20, 2007

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Sep 20, 2007

Description

A buffer overflow exists in Tivoli Storage Manager. The Client Acceptor Daemon (CAD) fails to validate HTTP headers received on TCP port 1581 resulting in a stack overflow. With a specially crafted request, a remote attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Public, Exploit Private, Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, IBM has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

International Business Machines Corporation

Tivoli Storage Manager

5.1.8.0
5.2.5.1
5.3.5.2
5.4.1.1

References

Credit

  • Sebastian Apelt - webmasterbuzzworld.org -


Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/38161