What is CVE-2020-5023?

CVE-2020-5023 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-02-10.

How severe is CVE-2020-5023?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus

CVE-2020-5023

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.7 could allow a remote user to inject arbitrary data iwhich could cause the serivce to crash due to excess resource consumption. IBM X-Force ID: 193659.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.023 (81.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus — versions 10.1.0, 10.1.7
Ibm Spectrum_protect_plus

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5023?: CVE-2020-5023 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-02-10.
How severe is CVE-2020-5023?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.