Vulnerability · Published May 19, 2020 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2020-4412

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-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 70% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0 through 4.2.3.21 and 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.3 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: 179987.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.05.0.0.05.0.4.34.2.3.21

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