CVE-2018-1447 vulnerability in IBM Products
Published on April 4, 2018
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.
Products Associated with CVE-2018-1447
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Affected Versions
IBM Spectrum Protect:- Version 7.1 is affected.
- Version 8.1 is affected.
- Version 4.1.3 is affected.
- Version 4.1.4 is affected.
- Version 4.1.6 is affected.
- Version 7.1 is affected.
- Version 8.1 is affected.
- Version 7.1 is affected.
- Version 8.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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