CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-2946

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A stack-based buffer overflow in the ax Shared Libraries in the Agent in IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) allows local users to gain privileges. This affects versions 6.2.2 before FP9, 6.2.3 before FP5, and 6.3.0 before FP2 on Linux and UNIX.

Risk Assessment

The stack-based buffer overflow may lead to privilege escalation, posing a serious security threat to the system. Local users could exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update IBM Tivoli Monitoring to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability. Additionally, access for local users to the system should be restricted.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ax Shared Libraries in the Agent in IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) 6.2.2 before FP9, 6.2.3 before FP5, and 6.3.0 before FP2 on Linux and UNIX allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS