CVE-2008-4828
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…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- flexera
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Metasploit modules1 module
- IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express RCA Service Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/misc/ibm_tsm_rca_dicugetidentifyRank greatdisclosed 4 Nov 2009
Exploit-DB1 entry
- IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express RCA Service - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16428remote, windowspublished 9 May 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By flexera
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 71.5% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-55/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21384389 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1235 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- IC59513 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 54232 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20090504 Secunia Research: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Remote Agent Service Buffer Overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 32604 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ibm-tsm-dsmagent-bo(50327) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 54231 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-4807 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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