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CVE-2018-1447

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CVE-2018-1447

Published: Apr 4, 2018

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

5.1

MEDIUM

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

IBM

Spectrum Protect

affected
7.1
affected
8.1

IBM

Spectrum Protect Snapshot

affected
4.1.3
affected
4.1.4
affected
4.1.6

IBM

Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments

affected
7.1
affected
8.1

IBM

Spectrum Protect for Space Management

affected
7.1
affected
8.1

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:H/AV:L/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N

Availability

None

Attack Complexity

High

Attack Vector

Local

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Privileges Required

None

Scope

Unchanged

User Interaction

None

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