Vulnerability CVE-2018-1786
Published: 2018-11-12

Description:
IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 dsmc and dsmcad processes incorrectly accumulate TCP/IP sockets in a CLOSE_WAIT state. This can cause TCP/IP resource leakage and may result in a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 148871.

Type:

CWE-400

 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
IBM -> Tivoli storage manager 
IBM -> Tivoli storage manager for virtual environments data protection for vmware 
IBM -> Spectrum protect 

 References:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10738765
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105940
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148871
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