High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 1, 2017· Updated May 13, 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.
Affected products
1- IBM Corporation/Tivoli Storage Managerv5Range: 5.3.5.3
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94808nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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