FKIE_CVE-2020-4956

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-02-15 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:20
Severity
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1 and 8.1 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a RPC that allows certain cache values to be set and dumped to a file. By setting a grossly large cache value and dumping that cached value to a file multiple times, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the consumption of all memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 192156.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192156VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6404966Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192156VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6404966Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ibm spectrum_protect_operations_center *
ibm spectrum_protect_operations_center *
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