VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2015-8523

high
Published 2016-04-05 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

Description

The server in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack 5.5.x and 6.x before 6.1.12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via crafted packets to a TCP port.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback5.5.0
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.0
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.0.1
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.1
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.1.0
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.2
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.2.0
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.3
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.3.0
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.4
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.4.0
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.5
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.5.0
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.5.2
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.6
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.6.0
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.6.1
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.6.2
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.7
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.7.0
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.7.1
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.7.2
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.8
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.8.0
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.9
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.9.0
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.9.1
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.10
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.10.0
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.10.1
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.11
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.11.0
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.11.1
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.12
ibm ibmtivoli_storage_manager_fastback6.1.12.1

References

CWEs

CWE-284

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.