CVE-2020-4492 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.4.3 and V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.21 could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service crashing the kernel by sending a subset of ioctls on the device with invalid arguments. IBM X-Force ID: 181992.

Published: 2020-08-31

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

Spectrum Scale

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.2.0.0`	affected	—
`5.0.0.0`	affected	—
`5.0.4.3`	affected	—
`4.2.3.21`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale::::::::

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-25739	IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.4.3 and V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.21 could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service crashing the kernel by sending a subset of ioctls on the device with invalid arguments. IBM X-Force ID: 181992.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00058.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181992
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6324249

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Spectrum Scale

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2020-08-31T12:55:14.240Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:11:18.566Z

Reserved: 2019-12-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-4492

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-31T13:15:10.997

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:32:48.393

Link: CVE-2020-4492

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-88

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