Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 20, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-4491
CVE-2020-4491
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.
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Affected products
34.2.0.0 - 4.2.3.22, 5.0.0.0 - 5.0.5+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: 4.2.0.0 - 4.2.3.22, 5.0.0.0 - 5.0.5
- (no CPE)range: 4.2.0.0
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >4.2.0.0,<=4.2.3.22
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6349465nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181991nvdVDB EntryVendor Advisory
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