Advisory Details

September 29th, 2010

IBM TSM FastBack Mount Service Arbitrary Overwrite 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 ['9966']. 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 Fastback. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Mount service (FastBackMount.exe). This process listens by default on UDP port 30005. This process writes the value 0x01 to the address specified by the second DWORD from a packet received to it's UDP port. An attacker can exploit this behavior to execute arbitrary code by making several requests to this service.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21443820 Issue 1
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2010-01-06 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2010-09-29 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Sebastian Apelt (www.siberas.de)

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