Security Bulletin: TSM Client GUI local hang (CVE-2014-0876)

Summary

An IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) client local vulnerability can cause the crash or hang of certain Java GUI functions.

Vulnerability Details

CVE ID: CVE-2014-0876

Description:

A local buffer overrun in the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Windows and Macintosh backup-archive client Java GUI Configuration Wizard and Preferences Editor can cause the wizard and editor to crash or hang.
No escalation of privilege is known to be possible from this vulnerability.

CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91063&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

TSM Backup-Archive client at these release levels:

• 6.4: 6.4.0.0 through 6.4.1.x, where x=2 for Windows and x=4 for Mac
• 6.3: 6.3.0.0 through 6.3.1.2
• 6.2: 6.2.0.0 through 6.2.5.1
• 6.1: all levels. TSM 6.1 is beyond End of Support.
• 5.5: all levels, Windows only. TSM 5.5 is beyond End of Support.
• 5.4: all levels, Windows only. TSM 5.4 is beyond End of Support

Remediation/Fixes

TSM Release

| First Fixing VRMF Level|Client Platform|APAR|Link to fix
—|—|—|—|—
6.4| 6.4.2*| Windows
Macintosh| IC95875| _<http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24037543&gt;_
6.3| 6.3.2| Windows
Macintosh| IC95875| _<http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24036718&gt;_
6.2| 6.2.5.2| Windows
Macintosh| IC95875| <http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24036287&gt;
6.1 and lower| none| Windows
Macintosh| IC95875| Upgrade to a fixing level

*Note: For 6.4, interim fix 6.4.1.3 (and higher) for Windows and interim fix 6.4.1.5 (and higher) for Macintosh also fixed this vulnerability
Version 7.1 is unaffected.

If you need further assistance, contact IBM Software Support.

Workarounds and Mitigations

Manually edit the options file instead of using the configuration wizard or preferences editor