Advisory Details

October 12th, 2010

Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack 0xfafbfcfd Packet Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-10-200
ZDI-CAN-700

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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