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CVE-2020-4956

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.

Published

2021-02-15T15:15:13.760

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:33:28.570

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

4.4

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-400
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application ibm spectrum_protect_operations_center < 7.1.13.000 Yes
Application ibm spectrum_protect_operations_center < 8.1.10.200 Yes
References