SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-1786

This can cause TCP/IP resource leakage and may result in a denial of service.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.43%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.43% probability · 83th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400
Affected
ibm/spectrum protect · ibm/tivoli storage manager · ibm/spectrum protect manager for virtual environments data protection for vmware · ibm/tivoli storage manager for virtual environments data protection for vmware · ibm/spectrum protect for virtual environments data protection for hyper-v · ibm/tivoli storage manager for virtual environments data protection for hyper-v
Source
psirt@us.ibm.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.