Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2021-20491 – IBM Spectrum Protect Server Vulnerability

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

CVE-2021-20491

IBM Spectrum Protect Server 7.1 and 8.1 is subject to a stack-based buffer overflow caused by improper bounds checking during the parsing of commands. An authorized administrator could overflow a buffer and cause the server to crash by issuing such a command with an improper parameter.

Impact

Denial of Service

Affected Vendors

IBM

Affected Products

IBM Spectrum Protect Server 8.1
IBM Spectrum Protect Server 7.1

Remediation

Refer to IBM Security Bulletin 6442993 for the patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6442993

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