CVE-2006-5855

N/A
Published: December 6, 2006 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTivoli Storage Manager

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 27%

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) before 5.2.9 and 5.3.x before 5.3.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in (1) the language field at logon that begins with a 0x18 byte, (2) two unspecified parameters to the SmExecuteWdsfSession function, and (3) the contact field in an open registration message.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (15)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23177
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1979
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017333
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/350625
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/478753
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/887249

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

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CWE
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