cve-2021-20491
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-16 15:40
Modified
2024-09-16 19:15
Severity ?
4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Summary
IBM Spectrum Protect Server 7.1 and 8.1 is subject to a stack-based buffer overflow caused by improper bounds checking during the parsing of commands. By issuing such a command with an improper parameter, an authorized administrator could overflow a buffer and cause the server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 197792.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197792VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6442993Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
IBMSpectrum Protect Server
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