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FKIE_CVE-2020-4496

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-12-13 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:20
Severity
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
The IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0.0 through 10.1.8.x server connection to an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus workload agent is subject to a man-in-the-middle attack due to improper certificate validation. IBM X-Force ID: 182046.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/182046VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525346Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/182046VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525346Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ibm spectrum_protect_plus *
linux linux_kernel -
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