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Status published
Medium
CVE-2020-4756
IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.23 and V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.5.2...
Vulnerability Description
IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.23 and V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.5.2 as well as IBM Elastic Storage System 6.0.0 through 6.0.1.0 could allow a local attacker to invoke a subset of ioctls on the device with invalid arguments that could crash the keneral and cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 188599.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
Elastic Storage Server, Spectrum Scale
Vulnerable Versions:
6.0.0, 6.0.1.0, 4.2.0.0, 5.0.0.0, 4.2.3.23, 5.0.5.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 20th, 2020
Last Modified:
September 16th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/A:H/C:N/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/I:N/AC:L/AV:L/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.