CVE-2020-4756: IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.23 and V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.5.2 as well as IBM Elastic Storage System 6.0.0 through 6.0.1.0 could allow a local…

PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

0.35%

27.8th percentile

IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.23 and V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.5.2 as well as IBM Elastic Storage System 6.0.0 through 6.0.1.0 could allow a local attacker to invoke a subset of ioctls on the device with invalid arguments that could crash the keneral and cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 188599.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
ibm	elastic_storage_server	—	—
ibm	elastic_storage_server	—	—
ibm	elastic_storage_server	6.0.0.0 – 6.0.1.0	—
ibm	spectrum_scale	<= 4.2.3.23	—
ibm	spectrum_scale	<= 5.0.5.2	—
ibm	spectrum_scale	—	—
ibm	spectrum_scale	—	—
ibm	spectrum_scale	—	—
ibm	spectrum_scale	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv3.06.2MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.04.9MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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