CVE-2010-4604 (GCVE-0-2010-4604)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2010-12-29 17:27
Modified
2024-08-07 03:51
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the GeneratePassword function in dsmtca (aka the Trusted Communications Agent or TCA) in the backup-archive client in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.3.x before 5.3.6.10, 5.4.x before 5.4.3.4, 5.5.x before 5.5.2.10, and 6.1.x before 6.1.3.1 on Unix and Linux allows local users to gain privileges by specifying a long LANG environment variable, and then sending a request over a pipe.
References
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/42639 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://securitytracker.com/id?1024901 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC65491 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15745 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21454745 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.kryptoslogic.com/advisories/2010/kryptoslogic-ibm-tivoli-dsmtca-exploit.c Broken Link, Exploit
cve@mitre.org http://www.kryptoslogic.com/advisories/2010/kryptoslogic-ibm-tivoli-dsmtca.txt Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515263/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3251 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/42639 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://securitytracker.com/id?1024901 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC65491 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15745 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21454745 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kryptoslogic.com/advisories/2010/kryptoslogic-ibm-tivoli-dsmtca-exploit.c Broken Link, Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kryptoslogic.com/advisories/2010/kryptoslogic-ibm-tivoli-dsmtca.txt Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515263/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3251 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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