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CVE-2020-4411

The Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0 through 4.2.3.21 and 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.3 file system component is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in its kernel module that could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition on the affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, a local attacker could invoke a subset of ioctls on the Spectrum Scale device with non-valid arguments. This could allow the attacker to crash the kernel. IBM X-Force ID: 179986.

Published

2020-05-19T14:15:11.597

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:32:42.543

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.1 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-20
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application ibm spectrum_scale ≤ 4.2.3.21 Yes
Application ibm spectrum_scale ≤ 5.0.4.3 Yes
Operating System ibm aix - No
Operating System linux linux_kernel - No
References