Resource exhaustion in IBM Tivoli Monitoring

CVE-2017-1794

IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.3 through 6.2.3.5 and 6.3.0 through 6.3.0.7 are vulnerable to both TEPS user privilege escalation and possible denial of service due to unconstrained memory growth. IBM X-Force ID: 137039.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (68.4th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-1794: held from 0.012 to 0.012.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1794?
CVE-2017-1794 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Monitoring, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-09-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-1794?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.