CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-20491

4.4 MEDIUM Published 2021-04-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-04-16
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-787

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.

Affected configurations

• ibm spectrum protect (>= 7.1.0.000 < 7.1.13) • ibm spectrum protect (>= 8.1.0.000 <= 8.1.10.100) • ibm spectrum protect 8.1.11.000

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References