CVE-2020-4379 Weak cryptography in Spectrum Scale

What is CVE-2020-4379?

CVE-2020-4379 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Scale, published on 27 May 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.4 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 179158.

Weakness: CWE-327

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4379?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Spectrum Scale.

How do I fix CVE-2020-4379?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4379 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-4379 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4379 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Spectrum Scale

• CVE-2019-4715 Command injection in Spectrum Scale High 8.8
• CVE-2021-29740 Other in Spectrum Scale High 8.4
• CVE-2019-4558 Privilege escalation in Spectrum Scale High 8.1
• CVE-2020-4217 Denial of service in Spectrum Scale High 7.5
• CVE-2020-4273 Command injection in Spectrum Scale High 7.4

All Ibm Spectrum Scale vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-68jh-v6j2-235m.