Vulnerability · Published Feb 15, 2021 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2020-4956
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Spectrum Protect Operations Center from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.0)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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 products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| IBM | Spectrum Protect Operations Center | 8.17.18.1.10.1007.1.12 |
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6404966 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ibm-spectrum-cve20204956-dos (192156) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF