Resource exhaustion in IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management
CVE-2021-3669
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. Measuring usage of the shared memory does not scale with large shared memory segment counts which could lead to resource exhaustion and DoS.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (22.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management
- IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
- Linux Kernel
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0, 11.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 34
- Red Hat Build Of Quarkus
- Red Hat Codeready Linux Builder
- Red Hat Developer Tools — versions 1.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0, 7.0, 8.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Aus — versions 8.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3669 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3669 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-3669?
- CVE-2021-3669 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-08-26.
- How severe is CVE-2021-3669?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-3669 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.