PT-2018-14232 · Ibm · Ibm Spectrum Protect

Published 2018-11-12 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-1786

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Spectrum Protect versions 7.1 and 8.1

Description The issue is related to the dsmc and dsmcad processes in IBM Spectrum Protect, which 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.

Recommendations For IBM Spectrum Protect version 7.1, update to a version that includes the fix for the TCP/IP socket accumulation issue. For IBM Spectrum Protect version 8.1, update to a version that includes the fix for the TCP/IP socket accumulation issue.

Fix

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1786

Affected Products

Ibm Spectrum Protect

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1786 · Security Note
• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10738765 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1786 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148871 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105940 · Note