Vulnerability · Published Oct 20, 2020 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2020-4491
Medium 4.0
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 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.0)4.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.22 and V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.5 could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a large number of RPC requests to the mmfsd daemon which would cause the service to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 181991.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| IBM | Spectrum Scale | 4.2.0.05.0.0.05.0.54.2.3.22 |
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6349465 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ibm-spectrum-cve20204491-dos (181991) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF