CVE-2020-4956

MEDIUM

IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1.0.000-7.1.12.999 - Denial of Service via RPC Cache Dump

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1 and 8.1 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a RPC that allows certain cache values to be set and dumped to a file. By setting a grossly large cache value and dumping that cached value to a file multiple times, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the consumption of all memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 192156.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6404966
VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192156

Scores

CVSS v3 4.8
EPSS 0.0042
EPSS Percentile 33.6%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (1)
ibm/spectrum_protect_operations_center 7.1.0.000 - 7.1.13.000
Published Feb 15, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026