CVE-2008-4828
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in dsmagent.exe in the Remote Agent Service in the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) client 5.1.0.0 through 5.1.8.2, 5.2.0.0 through 5.2.5.3, 5.3.0.0 through 5.3.6.4, and 5.4.0.0 through 5.4.1.96, and the TSM Express client 5.3.3.0 through 5.3.6.4, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a request packet that is not properly parsed by an unspecified "generic string handling function" or (2) a crafted NodeName in a dicuGetIdentifyRequest request packet, related to the (a) Web GUI and (b) Java GUI.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 71.5% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4807)
- Published
- May 5, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4807 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / tivoli storage manager client
- ibm / tivoli storage manager client
- ibm / tivoli storage manager client
- ibm / tivoli storage manager client
- ibm / tivoli storage manager client
- ibm / tivoli storage manager client
- ibm / tivoli storage manager client
- ibm / tivoli storage manager client
- ibm / tivoli storage manager client
- ibm / tivoli storage manager client
- ibm / tivoli storage manager client
- ibm / tivoli storage manager client
- ibm / tivoli storage manager client
- ibm / tivoli storage manager client
- ibm / tivoli storage manager client
- ibm / tivoli storage manager client
- ibm / tivoli storage manager express
- ibm / tivoli storage manager express
- ibm / tivoli storage manager express
References
- http://osvdb.org/54231
- http://osvdb.org/54232
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32604
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-55/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21384389(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC59513(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503182/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1235
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50327
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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