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CVE-2016-5985

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.

Published

2017-02-01T20:59:01.503

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-119
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application ibm tivoli_storage_manager ≤ 7.1.6.2 Yes
Application ibm tivoli_storage_manager 7.1.0.0 Yes
Operating System ibm aix * No
Application ibm tivoli_storage_manager ≤ 6.4.3.3 Yes
Application ibm tivoli_storage_manager 6.4.0.0 Yes
Operating System ibm aix * No
Application ibm tivoli_storage_manager ≤ 6.3.2.5 Yes
Application ibm tivoli_storage_manager 6.3.0.0 Yes
Operating System ibm aix * No
Application ibm tivoli_storage_manager ≤ 6.1 Yes
Operating System ibm aix * No
Application ibm tivoli_storage_manager ≤ 6.2 Yes
Operating System ibm aix * No
Application ibm tivoli_storage_manager ≤ 5.5 Yes
Operating System ibm aix * No
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