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FKIE_CVE-2016-6115

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-02-01 22:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:50
Severity
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1009639Patch, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95272Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1009639Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95272Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ibm general_parallel_file_system 4.1.0.0
ibm general_parallel_file_system 4.1.0.1
ibm general_parallel_file_system 4.1.0.2
ibm general_parallel_file_system 4.1.0.3
ibm general_parallel_file_system 4.1.0.4
ibm general_parallel_file_system 4.1.0.5
ibm general_parallel_file_system 4.1.0.6
ibm general_parallel_file_system 4.1.0.7
ibm general_parallel_file_system 4.1.0.8
ibm spectrum_scale 4.1.0.0
ibm spectrum_scale 4.1.1.0
ibm spectrum_scale 4.1.1.1
ibm spectrum_scale 4.1.1.2
ibm spectrum_scale 4.1.1.3
ibm spectrum_scale 4.1.1.4
ibm spectrum_scale 4.1.1.5
ibm spectrum_scale 4.1.1.6
ibm spectrum_scale 4.1.1.7
ibm spectrum_scale 4.1.1.8
ibm spectrum_scale 4.1.1.9
ibm spectrum_scale 4.1.1.10
ibm spectrum_scale 4.2.0.0
ibm spectrum_scale 4.2.0.1
ibm spectrum_scale 4.2.0.2
ibm spectrum_scale 4.2.0.3
ibm spectrum_scale 4.2.1
ibm spectrum_scale 4.2.2.0
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