Vulnerability CVE-2021-20491


Published: 2021-04-16

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.

Type:

CWE-787

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
IBM -> Spectrum protect 

 References:
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197792
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6442993

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