Medium severity4.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 15, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-4956
CVE-2020-4956
Description
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1 and 8.1 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a RPC that allows certain cache values to be set and dumped to a file. By setting a grossly large cache value and dumping that cached value to a file multiple times, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the consumption of all memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 192156.
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Affected products
27.1, 8.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 7.1, 8.1
- (no CPE)range: 8.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6404966nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192156nvdVDB EntryVendor Advisory
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