CVE-2016-5985

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM Corporation	Tivoli Storage Manager	5.3.5.3; 5.4.1.2; 4.2; 4.2.1; 5.1.8; 5.2.5.1; 5.2.7; 5.2.8; 5.2.9; 5.3.0; 5.3.1; 5.3.2; 5.3.3; 5.4.4.0; 5.4.2.4; 5.4.2.3; 5.4.2.2; 5.3.6.9; 5.3.6.2; 5.3.6.1

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993695Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94808Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993695Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94808Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Feb 1, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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