CVE-2010-4604 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/42639 http://securitytracker.com/id?1024901 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15745 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21454745 http://www.kryptoslogic.com/advisories/2010/kryptoslogic-ibm-tivoli-dsmtca.txt http://www.kryptoslogic.com/advisories/2010/kryptoslogic-ibm-tivoli-dsmtca-exploit.c http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515263/100/0/threaded http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3251 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC65491