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CVE-2020-4491
IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.22 and V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.5 could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service by…
Medium4.0EPSS 0.29%
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- ibm
Description
IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.22 and V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.5 could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a large number of RPC requests to the mmfsd daemon which would cause the service to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 181991.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium4.0 | CVSS:3.0/I:N/S:U/UI:N/PR:N/AV:L/AC:L/A:L/C:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
- Denial of Service
Affected products
- affected 4.2.0.0
- affected 5.0.0.0
- affected 5.0.5
- affected 4.2.3.22
References (2)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6349465 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ibm-spectrum-cve20204491-dos (181991) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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