PT-2020-18098 · Ibm · Ibm Spectrum Scale

Published 2020-08-31 · Updated 2020-08-31 · CVE-2020-4492

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Spectrum Scale versions 4.2.0.0 through 4.2.3.21 IBM Spectrum Scale versions 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.3

Description The issue allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service by crashing the kernel. This can be achieved by sending a subset of ioctls on the device with invalid arguments.

Recommendations For IBM Spectrum Scale versions 4.2.0.0 through 4.2.3.21, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For IBM Spectrum Scale versions 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.3, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue.

Fix

Argument Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-88

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-4492

Affected Products

Ibm Spectrum Scale

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4492 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-4492 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ibm.com/support/pages/node/6324249 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181992 · Vendor Advisory