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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.1 Medium

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 expe

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
ibm

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

IBM Spectrum Protect

  • 7.1affected
  • 8.1affected

IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot

  • 4.1.3affected
  • 4.1.4affected
  • 4.1.6affected

IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments

  • 7.1affected
  • 8.1affected

IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management

  • 7.1affected
  • 8.1affected

References