CVE-2020-4411

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-4411
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-19 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-05-19 19:27:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0 through 4.2.3.21 and 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.3 file system component is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in its kernel module that could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition on the affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, a local attacker could invoke a subset of ioctls on the Spectrum Scale device with non-valid arguments. This could allow the attacker to crash the kernel. IBM X-Force ID: 179986.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Ibm Aix - All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix - All All All
Application Ibm Spectrum Scale All All All All
Application Ibm Spectrum Scale All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
Security Bulletin: A vulnerability has been identified in IBM Spectrum Scale where an unprivileged user to cause denial of service in kernel ( CVE-2020-4411) CONFIRM www.ibm.com Vendor Advisory
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