What is CVE-2020-4491?

CVE-2020-4491 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-10-20.

How severe is CVE-2020-4491?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale

CVE-2020-4491

IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.22 and V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.5 could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a large number of RPC requests to the mmfsd daemon which would cause the service to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 181991.

EPSS: 0.003 (21.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Spectrum Scale — versions 4.2.0.0, 5.0.0.0, 5.0.5
Ibm Spectrum_scale

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4491?: CVE-2020-4491 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-10-20.
How severe is CVE-2020-4491?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.