full-disclosure - Secunia Research: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager CAD Service Buffer Overflow

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Message-Id: <200911041235.nA4CZOJY001461@CA-IX-1.intnet>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:35:24 +0100
From: Secunia Research <remove-vuln@...unia.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: 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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9) About Secunia

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customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence
relevant to their specific system configuration:

http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/

Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory
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10) Verification 

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

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

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