CVE-2020-4492

MEDIUM

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0-4.2.3.21 and 5.0.0.0-5.0.4.3 - Denial of Service via Invalid Ioctl Arguments

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.4.3 and V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.21 could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service crashing the kernel by sending a subset of ioctls on the device with invalid arguments. IBM X-Force ID: 181992.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6324249
VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181992

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 23.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-88
Status published
Products (1)
ibm/spectrum_scale 4.2.0.0 - 4.2.3.21
Published Aug 31, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026