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CVE-2020-4956

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Published: Feb 15, 2021Modified: Nov 21, 2024

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4.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 1.2 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Ibm
1 product
Spectrum Protect Operations Center
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Ibm
Spectrum Protect Operations Center
From 7.1.0.000 to 7.1.13.000
Spectrum Protect Operations Center
From 8.1.0.000 to 8.1.10.200

Related CWEs

CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (4)

Source: psirt@us.ibm.com
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
Source: psirt@us.ibm.com
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory

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