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CVE-2020-4411

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CVE-2020-4411

Published: May 19, 2020

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

7.1

HIGH

Description

The Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0 through 4.2.3.21 and 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.3 file system component is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in its kernel module that could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition on the affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, a local attacker could invoke a subset of ioctls on the Spectrum Scale device with non-valid arguments. This could allow the attacker to crash the kernel. IBM X-Force ID: 179986.

VendorProductVersions

IBM

Spectrum Scale

affected
4.2.0.0
affected
5.0.0.0
affected
5.0.4.3
affected
4.2.3.21

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AC:L/I:N/C:N/UI:N/PR:N/AV:L/S:C/A:H/RL:O/E:U/RC:C

Attack Complexity

Low

Integrity

None

Confidentiality

None

User Interaction

None

Privileges Required

None

Attack Vector

Local

Scope

Changed

Availability

High

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