Insufficient Session Expiration in IBM Cloud Pak System - CVE-2020-4914
Published: October 24, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU82321
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-4914
CWE-ID: CWE-613
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient session expiration issue. A local user can obtain or guess session token and perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
IBM Cloud Pak System
How to mitigate CVE-2020-4914
Install updates from vendor's website.
IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.3.6 iFix 1