CVE-2016-5985

HIGH

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager < - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The 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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993695
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94808

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 20.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (50)
ibm/tivoli_storage_manager 7.1.0.0
ibm/tivoli_storage_manager 6.4.0.0
ibm/tivoli_storage_manager 6.3.0.0
ibm/tivoli_storage_manager < 7.1.6.2
IBM Corporation/Tivoli Storage Manager 4.2
IBM Corporation/Tivoli Storage Manager 4.2.1
IBM Corporation/Tivoli Storage Manager 4.2.2
IBM Corporation/Tivoli Storage Manager 4.2.3
IBM Corporation/Tivoli Storage Manager 4.2.4
IBM Corporation/Tivoli Storage Manager 5.1.0
... and 40 more
Published Feb 01, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026