CVE-2020-4381 Denial of service in Elastic Storage Server

Medium 5.3 Published 19 Aug 2020 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Authenticated users can cause a denial of service during deployment or upgrade if GUI services are enabled in IBM Elastic Storage Server.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-4381?

CVE-2020-4381 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Elastic Storage Server, published on 19 Aug 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.3.0 through 5.3.6 could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service during deployment or upgrade if GUI specific services are enabled. IBM X-Force ID: 179162.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4381?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Elastic Storage Server.

How do I fix CVE-2020-4381?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4381 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2020-4381 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4381 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2gg9-xrg4-cvq2.