Advisory Details

October 12th, 2010

Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack 0xfafbfcfd Packet Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID
CVSS SCORE	10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	IBM
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Tivoli Storage Manager
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['10533']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Tivoli Storage Manager. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within FastBackServer.exe which listens by default on TCP port 1320. When handling a packet with header type 0xFAFBFCFD the process blindly copies user supplied data into a heap buffer. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the SYSTEM user.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21443820 Issue 2
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2010-06-17 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2010-10-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	AbdulAziz Hariri

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