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Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 5, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-8937

CVE-2016-8937

Description

The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1) default authentication protocol is vulnerable to a brute force attack due to disclosing too much information during authentication. An attacker could gain user or administrative access to the TSM server. IBM X-Force ID: 118750.

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Affected products

68
  • IBM/Tivoli Storage Manager66 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 65 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.3.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.3.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.3.6.100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.4.2.100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.4.2.200:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.4.2.500:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.4.2.600:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:6.4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.1.100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.1.200:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.1.300:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.3.000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.3.100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1..5.100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.5.200:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.7.100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:7.1.7.200:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager:8.1.1.100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 7.1 and 8.1
  • IBM/Spectrum Protect Serverllm-fuzzy2 versions
    7.1 and 8.1+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: 7.1 and 8.1
    • (no CPE)range: 7.1

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