CVE-2021-20572 (GCVE-0-2021-20572)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-28 16:10 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:38
VLAI
Summary
IBM Security Identity Manager Adapters 6.0 and 7.0 are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A remote authenticated attacker could overflow the and cause the server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 199247.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/UI:N/I:N/C:N/PR:L/S:U/A:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
CWE
  • Denial of Service
Assigner
ibm CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 88/100 over 1165 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Security Identity Manager Adapters Affected: 6.0
Affected: 7.0
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Date Public
2021-06-22 00:00
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