First published: Mon Jul 01 2019(Updated: )
IBM Spectrum Protect Servers 7.1 and 8.1 and Storage Agents are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by servers and storage agents in response to specifically crafted communication exchanges. By sending an overly long request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with instance id privileges or cause the server or storage agent to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 157510.
Credit: psirt@us.ibm.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center | >=7.1.0.000<=7.1.9.200 | |
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center | >=8.1.0.000<=8.1.7.000 |
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The vulnerability ID of this issue is CVE-2019-4087.
The severity of CVE-2019-4087 is critical.
IBM Spectrum Protect Servers 7.1 and 8.1 and Storage Agents versions between 7.1.0.000 and 7.1.9.200 (inclusive) and between 8.1.0.000 and 8.1.7.000 (inclusive) are affected by CVE-2019-4087.
The CWE-ID of CVE-2019-4087 is 119 and 787.
To fix CVE-2019-4087, it is recommended to apply the security patches and updates provided by IBM for the affected software versions.