National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4563
Original release date:03/11/2009
Last revised:03/18/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Heap-based buffer overflow in adsmdll.dll 5.3.7.7296, as used by the daemon (dsmsvc.exe) in the backup server in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Express 5.3.7.3 and earlier and TSM 5.2, 5.3 before 5.3.6.0, and 5.4.0.0 through 5.4.4.0, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted length value.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21377388
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: tivoli-tsm-adsmdll-bo(49188)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0669
External Source: BID
Name: 34077
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1021837
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34245
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 52617
External Source: IDEFENSE
Name: 20090310 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20090310 Assurent VR - IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express Backup Server Heap Corruption