IBM Tivoli Monitoring up to 6.2.3 KDSMAIN memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in IBM Tivoli Monitoring up to 6.2.3. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component KDSMAIN. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2013-2960. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Tivoli Monitoring up to 6.2.3 (Directory Service Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component KDSMAIN. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in KDSMAIN in the Basic Services component in IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) 6.2.0 through FP3, 6.2.1 through FP4, 6.2.2 through FP9, and 6.2.3 before FP3, as used in IBM Application Manager for Smart Business (formerly Tivoli Foundations Application Manager) 1.2.1 before 1.2.1.0-TIV-IAMSB-FP0004 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted http URL.

The weakness was released 06/15/2013 as swg21635080 as confirmed bulletin (IBM Knowledge Base). The advisory is shared for download at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-2960 since 04/12/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121358 (IBM Tivoli Monitoring Basic Services Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at www-01.ibm.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (83724), SecurityFocus (BID 60581†), OSVDB (94396†) and Secunia (SA53738†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-6024, VDB-9233, VDB-9234 and VDB-9235. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Patch: www-01.ibm.com

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Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: swg21635080
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CVE: CVE-2013-2960 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2960
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-9236
X-Force: 83724 - IBM Tivoli Monitoring KDSMAIN denial of service, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 60581 - IBM Tivoli Monitoring CVE-2013-2960 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 53738 - IBM Tivoli Monitoring Basic Services Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 94396

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Created: 06/19/2013 15:03
Updated: 03/25/2019 17:13
Changes: 06/19/2013 15:03 (48), 03/25/2019 17:13 (24)
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