Check Point Advisories

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client CAD Service Buffer Overflow (CVE-2009-3853)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-452
Date Published:	31 Jan 2010
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 10 November, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-3853
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Express is a backup solution which is designed to protect data from failures and other errors by storing backups and archiving data. The product is available for multiple platforms and various hardware architectures. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client software. The vulnerability is due to a boundary error in the Client Acceptor Daemon (CAD) service while processing a specially crafted packet. Remote unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability to inject and execute arbitrary code on the target system. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow for arbitrary code execution with the SYSTEM privileges of the CAD service. If the attack is not successful, the vulnerable service may terminate abnormally due to memory corruption.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client CAD Service Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: IBM Tivoli Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client CAD service buffer overflow