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CVE-2016-6115 (GCVE-0-2016-6115)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-01 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:22
VLAI
Summary
IBM General Parallel File System is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. A remote authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges or cause the server to crash.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Gain Privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Corporation Spectrum Scale Affected: 4.1.1
Affected: 4.2.0
Affected: 4.2.1
Affected: 4.2.2
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Date Public
2017-01-03 00:00
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