Security Bulletin: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack (CVE-2016-0212, CVE-2016-0213, CVE-2016-0216)

Summary

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack is affected by multiple stack based buffer overflow security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may cause the server to crash.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-0212** *DESCRIPTION: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. By sending a crafted packet an attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with SYSTEM privileges or cause the server to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109663 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2016-0213** *DESCRIPTION: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. By sending a crafted packet an attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with SYSTEM privileges or cause the server to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109664 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2016-0216** *DESCRIPTION: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. By sending a crafted packet an attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with SYSTEM privileges or cause the server to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109672 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack 6.1.0.0 - 6.1.11.1.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack 5.5.

Remediation/Fixes

_FastBack Release _

| First FixingVRMF Level| Platfom| APAR| Link to fix
—|—|—|—|—
6.1 | 6.1.12| Windows| None| <http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFix?product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FIBM+Tivoli+Storage+Manager+FastBack&gt;

_For FastBack 5.5, IBM _recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported FastBack 6.1.12.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None