CVE-2021-20491 (GCVE-0-2021-20491)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-16 15:40 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:15
VLAI
Summary
IBM Spectrum Protect Server 7.1 and 8.1 is subject to a stack-based buffer overflow caused by improper bounds checking during the parsing of commands. By issuing such a command with an improper parameter, an authorized administrator could overflow a buffer and cause the server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 197792.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/I:N/A:H/UI:N/C:N/S:U/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/RL:O/E:U/RC:C
CWE
  • Denial of Service
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Spectrum Protect Server Affected: 8.1
Affected: 7.1
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Date Public
2021-04-15 00:00
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