CVE-2018-1447

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 Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
IBMSpectrum Protect7.1affected
IBMSpectrum Protect8.1affected
IBMSpectrum Protect Snapshot4.1.3affected
IBMSpectrum Protect Snapshot4.1.4affected
IBMSpectrum Protect Snapshot4.1.6affected
IBMSpectrum Protect for Virtual Environments7.1affected
IBMSpectrum Protect for Virtual Environments8.1affected
IBMSpectrum Protect for Space Management7.1affected
IBMSpectrum Protect for Space Management8.1affected

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ADP Enrichment

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