CVE-2018-1447

5.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
IBM
Status
Spectrum Protect
Spectrum Protect Snapshot
Spectrum Protect For Virtual Environments
Spectrum Protect For Space Management
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 April 2018

Summary

The GSKit (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 7.2) and (IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot 4.1.3, 4.1.4, and 4.1.6) CMS KDB logic fails to salt the hash function resulting in weaker than expected protection of passwords. A weak password may be recovered. Note: After update the customer should change password to ensure the new password is stored more securely. Products should encourage customers to take this step as a high priority action. IBM X-Force ID: 139972.

Affected Version(s)

Spectrum Protect 7.1

Spectrum Protect 8.1

Spectrum Protect for Space Management 7.1

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015066
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http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22014957
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139972
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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