CVE-2006-5855
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 28.2% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5839)
- Published
- December 6, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5839 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
- ibm / tivoli storage manager
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23177(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1979
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017333
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC50347(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21250261(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/350625(US Government Resource)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/478753(US Government Resource)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/887249(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453544/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21440(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-14.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4856
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30699
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30701
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30702
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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