====================================================================== Secunia Research 04/05/2009 - IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Remote Agent Service Buffer Overflows - ====================================================================== 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 ====================================================================== 1) Affected Software * IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express Client 5.3.6.2 NOTE: Other versions may also be affected. ====================================================================== 2) Severity Rating: Moderately critical Impact: System access Where: Local network ====================================================================== 3) Vendor's Description of Software "IBM Tivoli Storage Manager family of offerings are designed to provide centralized, automated data protection". Product Link: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/storage-mgr/ ====================================================================== 4) Description of Vulnerability Secunia Research has discovered two vulnerabilities in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Agent Client (dsmagent.exe), which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. 1) A boundary error in a generic string handling function when parsing strings from request packets can be exploited to cause stack-based buffer overflow. 2) A boundary error when copying the NodeName from a request packet in dicuGetIdentifyRequest can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. ====================================================================== 5) Solution Apply patches. ====================================================================== 6) Time Table 13/11/2008 - Vendor notified. 18/11/2008 - Vendor response. 20/11/2008 - Vendor asks for additional information. 20/11/2008 - Clarification of the two problems provided to the vendor. 26/11/2008 - Vendor provides status update. 02/02/2009 - Vendor provides status update. 24/02/2009 - Vendor provides status update. 31/03/2009 - Status update requested. 31/03/2009 - Vendor provides status update. 04/05/2009 - Public disclosure. ====================================================================== 7) Credits Discovered by Dyon Balding, Secunia Research. ====================================================================== 8) References The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned CVE-2008-4828 for the vulnerabilities. IBM (IC59513, IC59994, IC59779, IC59781): http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21384389 ====================================================================== 9) About Secunia Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate 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 database as a service to the security community and private individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security. http://secunia.com/advisories/ Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the security and reliability of software in general: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below to see currently vacant positions: http://secunia.com/corporate/jobs/ Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories: http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/ ====================================================================== 10) Verification Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-55/ Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ ======================================================================