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Title: TIBCO SmartSockets Request Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Severity: CRITICAL

Description:

TIBCO SmartSockets is a message-passing framework.

The application is prone to a heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerability that occurs because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data. The vulnerability resides in the code that processes requests. Specifically, an attacker could control the two values used to allocate memory.

Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM-level privileges, facilitating the complete compromise of affected computers. Failed exploit attempts will likely crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users.

The following components are affected:

TIBCO RTworks Server (rtserver)
TIBCO RTworks Data Archive Process (rtarchive)
TIBCO RTworks Data Playback Process (rtplayback)
TIBCO RTworks Data Acquisi- TIon Process (rtdaq)
TIBCO RTworks Human Computer Interface (rthci)
TIBCO RTworks Inference Engine (r- TIe)
TIBCO RTworks libraries (r- TIpc, rtu- TIl)

Affected Products:

  • TIBCO Enterprise Message Service (EMS) 4.0.0
  • TIBCO Enterprise Message Service (EMS) 4.4.1
  • TIBCO SmartSockets 6.8.0
  • TIBCO SmartSockets Product Family (RTworks) 4.0.3

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