CVE-2020-4956

Severity
4.8MEDIUM
EPSS
0.2%
top 55.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 15
Latest updateMay 24

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

NVDibm/spectrum_protect_operations_center7.1.0.0007.1.13.000+1

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-94wm-8j6r-283r: IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 72022-05-24
CVEList
CVE-2020-4956: IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 72021-02-15
CVE-2020-4956 (MEDIUM CVSS 4.8) | IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Cen | cvebase.io