What is CVE-2018-1786?

CVE-2018-1786 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-11-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-1786?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect

CVE-2018-1786

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (53.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/A:L/AC:L/AV:N/C:N/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O.

Affected products

Ibm Spectrum Protect — versions 8.1, 7.1

References

ibm-tivoli-cve20181786-dos(148871) (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
105940 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1786?: CVE-2018-1786 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-11-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-1786?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.