CVE-2002-0541 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Server, Storage Agents (versions 3.1-5.1), and the TSM Client Acceptor Service (versions 4.2 and 5.1). This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted, long HTTP GET request to ports 1580 or 1581. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, enabling potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.