CVE-2020-4956

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
IBM
Status
Spectrum Protect Operations Center
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 February 2021

Summary

IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1 and 8.1 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a RPC that allows certain cache values to be set and dumped to a file. By setting a grossly large cache value and dumping that cached value to a file multiple times, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the consumption of all memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 192156.

Affected Version(s)

Spectrum Protect Operations Center 8.1

Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1

Spectrum Protect Operations Center 8.1.10.100

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6404966
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192156
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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