Vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect
CVE-2018-1447
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 recove…
EPSS: 0.009 (56.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Ibm Spectrum Protect — versions 8.1, 7.1
- Ibm Spectrum Protect For Space Management — versions 8.1, 7.1
- Ibm Spectrum_protect_for_space_management
- Ibm Spectrum Protect For Virtual Environments — versions 8.1, 7.1
- Ibm Spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments
- Ibm Spectrum Protect Snapshot — versions 4.1.4, 4.1.6, 4.1.3
- Ibm Spectrum_protect_snapshot
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- psirt@us.ibm.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- psirt@us.ibm.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-1447?
- CVE-2018-1447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Protect, classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2018-04-04.
- How severe is CVE-2018-1447?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.