What is CVE-2021-20505?

CVE-2021-20505 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Powervm Hypervisor. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2021-07-29.

How severe is CVE-2021-20505?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ibm Powervm Hypervisor

CVE-2021-20505

The PowerVM Logical Partition Mobility(LPM) (PowerVM Hypervisor FW920, FW930, FW940, and FW950) encryption key exchange protocol can be compromised. If an attacker has the ability to capture encrypted LPM network traffic and is able to gai…

EPSS: 0.001 (27.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/UI:N/S:U/I:N/C:H/AC:H/PR:H/AV:N/A:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U.

Affected products

Ibm Powervm Hypervisor — versions FW920, FW930, FW940

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6475619 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
ibm-powervm-cve202120505-info-disc (198232) (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-20505?: CVE-2021-20505 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Powervm Hypervisor. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2021-07-29.
How severe is CVE-2021-20505?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.