IBM Spectrum Scale up to 4.2.3.21/5.0.4.3 File System Argument denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Spectrum Scale up to 4.2.3.21/5.0.4.3. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component File System Component. Executing a manipulation as part of Argument can lead to denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-4411. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in IBM Spectrum Scale up to 4.2.3.21/5.0.4.3 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component File System Component. The manipulation as part of a Argument leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

The Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0 through 4.2.3.21 and 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.3 file system component is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in its kernel module that could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition on the affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, a local attacker could invoke a subset of ioctls on the Spectrum Scale device with non-valid arguments. This could allow the attacker to crash the kernel. IBM X-Force ID: 179986.

The weakness was shared 05/19/2020 (Website). The advisory is available at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-4411 since 12/30/2019. Local access is required to approach this attack. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entry VDB-155435 is related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Network Attached Storage Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Spectrum Scale

Version

• 4.2.3.0
• 4.2.3.1
• 4.2.3.2
• 4.2.3.3
• 4.2.3.4
• 4.2.3.5
• 4.2.3.6
• 4.2.3.7
• 4.2.3.8
• 4.2.3.9
• 4.2.3.10
• 4.2.3.11
• 4.2.3.12
• 4.2.3.13
• 4.2.3.14
• 4.2.3.15
• 4.2.3.16
• 4.2.3.17
• 4.2.3.18
• 4.2.3.19
• 4.2.3.20
• 4.2.3.21
• 5.0.4.0
• 5.0.4.1
• 5.0.4.2
• 5.0.4.3

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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