CVE-2008-4828 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2008-4828

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in dsmagent.exe in the Remote Agent...

Vulnerability Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in dsmagent.exe in the Remote Agent Service in the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) client 5.1.0.0 through 5.1.8.2, 5.2.0.0 through 5.2.5.3, 5.3.0.0 through 5.3.6.4, and 5.4.0.0 through 5.4.1.96, and the TSM Express client 5.3.3.0 through 5.3.6.4, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a request packet that is not properly parsed by an unspecified "generic string handling function" or (2) a crafted NodeName in a dicuGetIdentifyRequest request packet, related to the (a) Web GUI and (b) Java GUI.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

tivoli storage manager client, tivoli storage manager express
Vulnerable Versions:
5.1, 5.1.8.0, 5.1.8.2, 5.2, 5.2.5.1, 5.2.5.2, 5.2.5.3, 5.3, 5.3.5.2, 5.3.5.3, 5.3.6.3, 5.3.6.4, 5.4, 5.4.1.1, 5.4.1.2, 5.4.1.96, 5.3.3.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 5th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.