CVE-2020-4956 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-4956

Vendor Ibm
Product Spectrum Protect Operations Center
Published February 15, 2021
Last update September 17, 2024

CVSS base score

4.8/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/C:N/I:N/PR:L/AV:A/UI:N/A:H/S:U/AC:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 15, 2021 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated