CVE-2020-5023 Denial of service in Spectrum Protect Plus

High 7.5 Published 10 Feb 2021 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can inject arbitrary data to cause resource exhaustion and crash the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus service.

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

What is CVE-2020-5023?

CVE-2020-5023 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, published on 10 Feb 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.7 could allow a remote user to inject arbitrary data iwhich could cause the serivce to crash due to excess resource consumption. IBM X-Force ID: 193659.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5023?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5023?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5023 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-2020-5023 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5023 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-f7jw-wp22-5cv8.