Secunia Research: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager CAD Service Buffer Overflow

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                 Secunia Research 04/11/2009

  - IBM Tivoli Storage Manager CAD Service Buffer Overflow -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software…1
Severity…2
Vendor's Description of Software…3
Description of Vulnerability…4
Solution…5
Time Table…6
Credits…7
References…8
About Secunia…9
Verification…10

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1) Affected Software

• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express Client 5.3.6.2

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: Local network

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"Designed to provide centralized, automated data protection that can
help reduce the risks associated with data loss".

Product Link:
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/storage-mgr/

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage
Manager Client, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in the CAD
service. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow
by sending a specially crafted packet via TCP.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

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5) Solution

Update to a fixed version.

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6) Time Table

07/11/2008 - Vendor notified.
14/11/2008 - Vendor notified (2nd attempt).
15/11/2008 - Vendor response.
04/11/2009 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Dyon Balding, Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2008-4826 for the vulnerability.

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10) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-51/

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