CVE-2018-1447 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22014669 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22014957 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015066 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015071 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104511 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041012 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139972

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.1