PT-2020-18149
CVE-2020-4587
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Published
2020-08-24
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Updated
2020-08-27
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX versions 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 6.0.0, and 6.1.0
Description
The issue is caused by improper bounds checking, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow. A local attacker could manipulate CD UNIX to obtain root privileges.
Recommendations
For versions 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 6.0.0, and 6.1.0, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.
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