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CVE-2021-20491

CVE information

Published

3 years ago

Last Modified

3 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

CVSSv3.1 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Low
Base Score
2.1/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
None

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
4.4/10
Exploit Score
0.8/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
Impact Score
3.6/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
High
Integrity Impact
None
Scope
Unchanged
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect:8.1.11.000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
8.1.0.000 -
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
7.1.0.000 7.1.13