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Abstract
A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) client traditional scheduler
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DESCRIPTION: A Denial of Service vulnerability in the TSM client traditional scheduler allows a remote attacker to disable the traditional scheduler when it is in Prompted mode (SCHEDMODE=PROMPTED). Once disabled, no more schedules (such as scheduled backups) will be run, and the TSM server log will show that schedules for that node are missed.
CVEID: CVE-2013-0471
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81215
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS:
REMEDIATION:
TSM Release | First Fixing VRMF Level | Client Platform | APAR | Link to fix |
6.4 | 6.4.0.1 | All | IC87331 | http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24034276 |
6.3 | 6.3.1.0 | All | IC87331 | http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24034109 |
6.2 | 6.2.5.0 | All | IC87331 | http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24034630 |
6.1 | None | Upgrade to fixing 6.3 or 6.4 client, or use workarounds | ||
5.5 | None | Upgrade to fixing 6.3 or 6.4 client, or use workarounds | ||
5.4 and previous | None | No longer in support Upgrade to fixing 6.3 or 6.4 client, or use workarounds |
Workaround(s):
One of the following:
Mitigation(s):
See Workarounds above.
REFERENCES:
· Complete CVSS Guide
· On-line Calculator V2
· CVE-2013-0471
· X-Force Vulnerability Database https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81215
RELATED INFORMATION:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
None
CHANGE HISTORY
31 January 2013: Original Copy Published
8 February 2013: Added 'One of the following:' to the beginning of the Workaround section, to clarify that either bulleted item is a workaround.
6 June 2013: Added hyperlink to 6.2.5 download
18 August 2015: Fixed link to CVSS doc
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Flash.
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Modified date:
25 September 2022
UID
swg21624135