CVE-2018-1447

Published Apr 4, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-12026 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
ibm
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 1:50 AM
Reserved
Dec 13, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 4, 2018, 6:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:51 AM