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.

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)

EPSS: 0.012 (65.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Ibm Tivoli Monitoring — versions 6.2.3, 6.3.0.3, 6.2.3.3
Ibm Tivoli_monitoring

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

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.