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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

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  • IBM/Spectrum Protect Operations Center3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_operations_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_operations_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=7.1.0.000,<7.1.13.000
    • (no CPE)range: 7.1, 8.1
    • (no CPE)range: 8.1

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