IBM Tivoli Netcool System Service Monitors up to 4.0.0 Manifest memory corruption

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A vulnerability has been found in IBM Tivoli Netcool System Service Monitors up to 4.0.0 (Directory Service Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Manifest. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple buffer overflows in IBM Tivoli Netcool System Service Monitors (SSM) and Application Service Monitors (ASM) 4.0.0 before FP14 and 4.0.1 before FP1 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a long line in (1) hrfstable.idx, (2) hrdevice.idx, (3) hrstorage.idx, or (4) lotusmapfile in the SSM Config directory, or (5) .manifest.hive in the main agent directory.

The weakness was presented 06/04/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-0508 since 12/16/2012. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (82333). See 64229 for similar entry.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Upgrade: Tivoli Netcool System Service Monitors 4.0.1

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12/16/2012 🔍
05/31/2013 +166 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +658 days 🔍
03/02/2018 +1074 days 🔍

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Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0508 (🔍)
X-Force: 82333 - IBM Tivoli Netcool SSM/ASM configuration file buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 60258 - IBM Tivoli Netcool/System Service Monitor CVE-2013-0508 Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 03/02/2018 10:13
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (51), 03/02/2018 10:13 (8)
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