CVE-2018-1447

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139972

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041012

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104511

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015071

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015066

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22014957

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22014669

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3