Advisory Details

September 24th, 2007

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express CAD Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

ZDI-07-054
ZDI-CAN-188

CVE ID CVE-2007-4880
CVSS SCORE
AFFECTED VENDORS IBM
IBM
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Tivoli Storage Manager Express
Tivoli Storage Manager V5
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['5351']. 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 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists in the dsmcad.exe process bound by default on TCP port 1581. During HTTP header parsing, a host parameter of sufficient length will trigger an overflow through a call to vswprintf(). The call overflows into imported function pointers which are later called. Exploitation of this issue can result in arbitrary code execution.

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=swg21268775
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2007-05-22 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2007-09-24 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Sebastian Apelt (webmaster@buzzworld.org)
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