Vulnerability · Published Mar 9, 2020 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2020-4217
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Spectrum Scale from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 28.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| IBM | Spectrum Scale | 5.04.2 |
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/5693463 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ibm-spectrum-cve20204217-dos (175067) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF