CVE-2005-2170

The LCF component (lcfd) in IBM Tivoli Management Framework Endpoint allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process exit and connection loss) by connecting to LCF and ending the connection without sending any data.

Published: 2005-07-11 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-2170 is rated Moderate Risk (46.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.80%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2170

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.69% 1.80% +0.11%
2 2025-03-17 1.88% 1.69% -0.20%
3 2024-12-17 1.88%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2170

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2170

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-2170

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-2170 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (helix-player), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2170

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2170

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm tivoli_management_framework 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_management_framework:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2170

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