CVE-2015-8521

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2015-8521 · Published 05/04/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-8521 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting tivoli storage manager fastback (ibm).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.8%, higher than 86.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
tivoli storage manager fastback ibm	`= 5.5.0= 6.1.0= 6.1.0.1= 6.1.1= 6.1.1.0= 6.1.10= 6.1.10.0= 6.1.10.1= 6.1.11= 6.1.11.0= 6.1.11.1= 6.1.12= 6.1.12.1= 6.1.2= 6.1.2.0= 6.1.3= 6.1.3.0= 6.1.4= 6.1.4.0= 6.1.5= 6.1.5.0= 6.1.5.2= 6.1.6= 6.1.6.0= 6.1.6.1= 6.1.6.2= 6.1.7= 6.1.7.0= 6.1.7.1= 6.1.7.2= 6.1.8= 6.1.8.0= 6.1.9= 6.1.9.0= 6.1.9.1`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in the server in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack 5.5.x and 6.x before 6.1.12.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted command, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8519, CVE-2015-8520, and CVE-2015-8522.

References

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/84167

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

tivoli storage manager fastback

ibm

= 5.5.0= 6.1.0= 6.1.0.1= 6.1.1= 6.1.1.0= 6.1.10= 6.1.10.0= 6.1.10.1= 6.1.11= 6.1.11.0= 6.1.11.1= 6.1.12= 6.1.12.1= 6.1.2= 6.1.2.0= 6.1.3= 6.1.3.0= 6.1.4= 6.1.4.0= 6.1.5= 6.1.5.0= 6.1.5.2= 6.1.6= 6.1.6.0= 6.1.6.1= 6.1.6.2= 6.1.7= 6.1.7.0= 6.1.7.1= 6.1.7.2= 6.1.8= 6.1.8.0= 6.1.9= 6.1.9.0= 6.1.9.1

No fix yet

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