CVE-2015-0198 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) versions 3.4, 3.5, and 4.1 when configured with specific cipherLists. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical nature, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.