TSM 6.1 and all Version 5 releases are past normal end of support. The security 
bulletin advises customers with support extensions on 5.4, 5.5, or 6.1 to 
contact IBM Support.

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Vandeventer, Harold [OITS]
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 11:58 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Privilege escalation bug

Is the 5.3 release so old that it is considered "not in support"?



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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Thomas Denier
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 9:56 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Privilege escalation bug

I received a security bulletin from IBM yesterday regarding "Tivoli Storage 
Manager Stack-based Buffer Overflow Elevation of Privilege: CVE-2014-6184". The 
affected version/release combinations listed in the bulletin run from 5.4 to 
6.3. We still have one Linux system with 5.3 client code. Can I treat the list 
of affected releases as an explicit assurance that the 5.3 client does not have 
the vulnerability discussed in the bulletin? The alternative possibility that 
worries me is that 5.4 is the oldest level IBM thought it worthwhile to check.

Thomas Denier
Thomas Jefferson University
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