Vigil@nce - IBM Tivoli Storage Manager: denial of service via CAD
March 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can generate an error in the CAD of IBM Tivoli Storage
Manager, in order to trigger a denial of service.
Impacted products: Tivoli Storage Manager.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 15/01/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager product uses the CAD (Client
Acceptor Daemon).
However, an attacker can use a malicious url to generate a fatal
error in CAD.
An attacker can therefore generate an error in the CAD of IBM
Tivoli Storage Manager, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/IBM-Tivoli-Storage-Manager-denial-of-service-via-CAD-18737