CVE-2010-3756

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-10-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The _CalcHashValueWithLength function in FastBackServer.exe in the Server in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) FastBack 5.5.0.0 through 5.5.6.0 and 6.1.0.0 through 6.1.0.1 does not properly validate an unspecified length value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by sending data over TCP. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2010-3060.

Affected products

IBM Corporation Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack: 5.5.0, 5.5.1, 5.5.2, 5.5.2.0, 5.5.3.0, 5.5.4.0 (+4)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC69883
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21443820
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514070/100/0/threaded
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-186/
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC69883
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21443820
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514070/100/0/threaded
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-186/

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