CVE-2020-4491
MEDIUMIBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0-4.2.3.22 and 5.0.0.0-5.0.5 - Denial of Service via RPC Request Flood
Title source: llmDescription
IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.22 and V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.5 could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a large number of RPC requests to the mmfsd daemon which would cause the service to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 181991.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6349465
VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181991
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0029
EPSS Percentile
21.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
ibm/spectrum_scale
4.2.0.0 - 4.2.3.22
Published
Oct 20, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026