CVE-2020-4956
Severity
4.8MEDIUM
EPSS
0.2%
top 55.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
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