CVE-2019-4406
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client 7.1 and 8.1 may be vulnerable to a denial of service...
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client 7.1 and 8.1 may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to a timing issue between client and server TCP/IP communications. IBM X-Force ID: 162477.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client 7.1 and 8.1 may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to a timing issue between client and server TCP/IP communications. IBM X-Force ID: 162477.
- Record
CVE-2019-4406- CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/PR:H/AC:L/I:N/C:N/A:H/S:U/AV:L/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-14013
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client 7.1 and 8.1 may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to a timing issue between client and server TCP/IP communications. IBM X-Force ID: 162477.
- Record
EUVD-2019-14013- CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/PR:H/AC:L/I:N/C:N/A:H/S:U/AV:L/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g389-pjfh-3g4r No score
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client 7.1 and 8.1 may be vulnerable to a denial of service...
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client 7.1 and 8.1 may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to a timing issue between client and server TCP/IP communications. IBM X-Force ID: 162477.
- Record
GHSA-g389-pjfh-3g4r- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client 7.1 and 8.1 may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to a timing issue between client and server TCP/IP communications. IBM X-Force ID: 162477.
- Record
CVE-2019-4406- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-4406 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Ibm Spectrum Protect Backup-archive Client, published November 25, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 22nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.