CVE-2016-6115 (GCVE-0-2016-6115)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-02-01 22:00
Modified
2024-08-06 01:22
Severity ?
CWE
  • Gain Privileges
Summary
IBM General Parallel File System is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. A remote authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges or cause the server to crash.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Corporation Spectrum Scale Version: 4.1.1
Version: 4.2.0
Version: 4.2.1
Version: 4.2.2
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