CVE-2020-4956

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
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_operations_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_operations_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

17 Feb 2021, 18:32

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-400
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 2.3
v3 : 4.8
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_operations_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (CONFIRM) https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6404966 - (CONFIRM) https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6404966 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References (XF) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192156 - (XF) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192156 - VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory

15 Feb 2021, 16:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-02-15 15:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:41


NVD link : CVE-2020-4956

Mitre link : CVE-2020-4956

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-4956


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Products Affected

ibm

  • spectrum_protect_operations_center
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption