CVE-2010-4604: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the GeneratePassword function in dsmtca (aka the Trusted Communications Agent or TCA) in the backup-archive client in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.3.x before 5.3.6.10, 5.4.x before 5.4.3.4, 5.5.x before 5.5.2.10, and 6.1.x before 6.1.3.1 on Unix and Linux allows local users to gain privileges by specifying a long LANG environment variable, and then sending a request over a pipe.

Affected products

• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager: from 5.3.0, up to and including 5.3.6.7; from 5.4.0, up to and including 5.4.3.3; from 5.5.0, up to and including 5.5.2.7; from 6.1.0, up to and including 6.1.3

Published 2010-12-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.