Advisory Details

January 14th, 2008

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express Backup Server Heap Overflow Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2008-0247
CVSS SCORE
AFFECTED VENDORS	IBM
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Tivoli Storage Manager Express
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['5509']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw resides in the TSM Express Backup Server service, dsmsvc.exe, which listens by default on TCP port 1500. The process trusts a user-supplied length value. By supplying a large number, an attacker can overflow a static heap buffer leading to arbitrary code execution in the context of the SYSTEM user.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	IBM has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21291536
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2007-12-05 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2008-01-14 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Sebastian Apelt

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