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High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Feb 1, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-6115

CVE-2016-6115

Description

IBM General Parallel File System is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. A remote authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges or cause the server to crash.

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Affected products

29
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • IBM/Spectrum Scale18 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 17 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • IBM Corporation/Spectrum Scalev5
    Range: 4.1.1

Patches

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