Vulnerability · Published Oct 20, 2020 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2020-4756
Medium 6.2
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Elastic Storage Server from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.0)6.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 70.9% 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 V4.2.3.23 and V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.5.2 as well as IBM Elastic Storage System 6.0.0 through 6.0.1.0 could allow a local attacker to invoke a subset of ioctls on the device with invalid arguments that could crash the keneral and cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 188599.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| IBM | Elastic Storage Server | 6.0.06.0.1.0 |
| IBM | Spectrum Scale | 4.2.0.05.0.0.04.2.3.235.0.5.2 |
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6349469 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6349475 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ibm-spectrum-cve20204756-dos (188599) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF