CVE-2020-4217

HIGH

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0-4.2.3.18 - Denial of Service via mmfsd/mmsdrserv Daemon Crash

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2 and 5.0 file system component is affected by a denial of service security vulnerability. An attacker can force the Spectrum Scale mmfsd/mmsdrserv daemons to unexpectedly exit, impacting the functionality of the Spectrum Scale cluster and the availability of file systems managed by Spectrum Scale. IBM X-Force ID: 175067.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/5693463
VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175067

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0134
EPSS Percentile 67.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-754
Status published
Products (1)
ibm/spectrum_scale 4.2.0.0 - 4.2.3.19
Published Mar 09, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026