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Security Bulletin: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2015-1929)

Created by Xiang Fei Zhang on

Security Bulletin


Summary

The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack Server process is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. A network attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the server to crash.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-1929
DESCRIPTION: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack Server is vulnerable to a stack based buffer overflow, which would allow a remote attacker to cause the server to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102965 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack Mount 6.1.11.1 and earlier

Remediation/Fixes

FastBack Release

First FixingVRMF LevelPlatfomAPARLink to fix
6.1 6.1.12WindowsNonehttp://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFix?product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FIBM+Tivoli+Storage+Manager+FastBack

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Lola Montez working with HP's Zero Day Initiative

Change History

26 June 2015 : Original version published
6 April 2016 : Update expiration date

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
19 August 2022

UID

swg21902609

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