CVE-2018-15772 Dell EMC RecoverPoint Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability

High 7.1 Published 13 Nov 2018 Updated 17 Sep 2024

A malicious boxmgmt user can consume excessive CPU resources, causing system slowdowns or revealing file existence via the CLI.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-15772?

CVE-2018-15772 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Dell EMC RecoverPoint, published on 13 Nov 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15772?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Dell Emc Recoverpoint, Dell Emc Recoverpoint for Virtual Machines.

How do I fix CVE-2018-15772?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15772 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2018-15772 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15772 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fh29-p7gc-qwhp.