CVE-2002-0541

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-07-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Tivoli Storage Manager TSM (1) Server or Storage Agents 3.1 through 5.1, and (2) the TSM Client Acceptor Service 4.2 and 5.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP GET request to port 1580 or port 1581.

Affected products

IBM Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager: 4.2, 4.2.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0126.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267143
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8817.php
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8825.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4492
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4500
http://www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr/flash_httpport.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0126.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267143
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8817.php
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8825.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4492

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