Resource exhaustion in Dell EMC Recoverpoint
CVE-2018-15772
Dell EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.1.2.1 and RecoverPoint for VMs versions prior to 5.2.0.2 contain an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability. A malicious boxmgmt user may potentially be able to consume large amount of CPU bandwidth to make the system slow or to determine the existence of any system file via Boxmgmt CLI.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.004 (33.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Dell Emc_recoverpoint
- Dell Emc_recoverpoint_for_virtual_machines
- Dell Emc Recoverpoint — versions unspecified
- Dell Emc Recoverpoint Virtual Machine (Vm) — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security_alert@emc.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- security_alert@emc.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- security_alert@emc.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-15772?
- CVE-2018-15772 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Recoverpoint, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2018-11-13.
- How severe is CVE-2018-15772?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.