Resource exhaustion in IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center
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.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center — versions 8.1, 7.1, 8.1.10.100
- IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6404966 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192156 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-4956?
- CVE-2020-4956 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-02-15.
- How severe is CVE-2020-4956?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.