CVE-2016-6115 Memory corruption in Spectrum Scale
A remote authenticated attacker can exploit a buffer overflow in IBM Spectrum Scale to execute arbitrary code with root privileges or crash the server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-6115?
CVE-2016-6115 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Scale, published on 1 Feb 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6115?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm General Parallel File System, Ibm Spectrum Scale.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6115?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6115 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-6115 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6115 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Spectrum Scale
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jr3g-j96x-665p.