CVE-2020-4587

HIGH 7.8CVE-2020-4587 · Published 24/08/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-4587 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting connect (ibm), sterling connect (ibm).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.34%, higher than 27.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
connect ibm	`= 6.0.0= 6.1.0`	No fix yet
sterling connect ibm	`= 4.2.0= 4.3.0`	No fix yet

Description

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 6.0.0, and 6.1.0 is vulnerable to a stack based buffer ovreflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local attacker could manipulate CD UNIX to obtain root provileges. IBM X-Force ID: 184578.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/184578 · VDB Entry
ibm.com/support/pages/node/6320317 · Vendor Advisory

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