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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-4433

Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 5.13%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. This could allow a remote attacker with intimate knowledge of the server to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of root or cause server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 180814.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
5.13% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-787
Affected
ibm/aspera application platform on demand · ibm/aspera faspex on demand · ibm/aspera high-speed transfer endpoint · ibm/aspera high-speed transfer server · ibm/aspera high-speed transfer server for cloud pak for integration · ibm/aspera proxy server · ibm/aspera server on demand · ibm/aspera shares on demand · ibm/aspera streaming · ibm/aspera transfer cluster manager
Source
psirt@us.ibm.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.