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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 1, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-5985

CVE-2016-5985

Description

The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) AIX client is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when Journal-Based Backup is enabled. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a system crash.

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Affected products

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  • IBM/Tivoli Storage Manager4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=7.1.6.2
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • IBM/Spectrum Protect Clientllm-fuzzy
  • IBM/Tivoli Storage Manager Clientllm-fuzzy
  • IBM Corporation/Tivoli Storage Managerv5
    Range: 5.3.5.3

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