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
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180814VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6221324Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180814VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6221324Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.