CVEs / CVE-2006-5855
CVE-2006-5855: n/a n/a vulnerability
- high 10 CVSS 2.0 (NVD)
- EPSS 28.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Description
Multiple buffer overflows in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) before 5.2.9 and 5.3.x before 5.3.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in (1) the language field at logon that begins with a 0x18 byte, (2) two unspecified parameters to the SmExecuteWdsfSession function, and (3) the contact field in an open registration message.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
Exploitation
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 3 Nov 2026.
Severity
| CVSS 2.0 | 10 highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CScored by NVD |
|---|
References
- CVE-2006-5855 on NVD
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23177 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1979
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017333
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC50347 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21250261 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/350625 US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/478753 US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/887249 US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453544/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21440 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-14.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4856
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30699
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30701
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30702
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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