CVE-2020-4217 — Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in IBM Spectrum Scale
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 35.54%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 9
Latest updateMay 24
Description
The IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2 and 5.0 file system component is affected by a denial of service security vulnerability. An attacker can force the Spectrum Scale mmfsd/mmsdrserv daemons to unexpectedly exit, impacting the functionality of the Spectrum Scale cluster and the availability of file systems managed by Spectrum Scale. IBM X-Force ID: 175067.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6