CVE-2021-29672

8.4HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
IBM
Status
Spectrum Protect For Space Management
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 April 2021

Summary

IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.0.0-8 through 1.11.0 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when processing the current locale settings. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges or cause the application to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 199479

Affected Version(s)

Spectrum Protect for Space Management 8.1.0.0

Spectrum Protect for Space Management 8.1.11.0

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6445497
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199479
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-02
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.4
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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