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)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (33.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
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
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1042059 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105916 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/34 (mailing-list, 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.