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CVE-2016-5985

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
01/02/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) AIX client is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when Journal-Based Backup is enabled. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a system crash.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 7.1.6.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.4.3.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.3.2.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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