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…

Medium · published April 4, 2018

CVSS v3.0
5.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
59.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
5.1 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:H/AV:L/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00913 · 59.7th percentile
Published
2018-04-04T18:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 APR 18:00Z
    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…
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