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Medium severity5.1NVD Advisory· Published Apr 4, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-1447

CVE-2018-1447

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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Affected products

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  • IBM/Spectrum Protect For Space Management2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_space_management:*:*:*:*:*:vmware:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_space_management:*:*:*:*:*:vmware:*:*range: >=7.1.0.0,<=7.1.8.1
    • (no CPE)range: 7.1
  • IBM/Spectrum Protect For Virtual Environments2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:*:*:*:*:*:vmware:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments:*:*:*:*:*:vmware:*:*range: >=7.1.0.0,<=7.1.8.0
    • (no CPE)range: 7.1
  • IBM/Spectrum Protect Snapshot3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_snapshot:*:*:*:*:*:vmware:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_snapshot:*:*:*:*:*:vmware:*:*range: >=4.1.0.0,<=4.1.6.3
    • (no CPE)range: 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.6
    • (no CPE)range: 4.1.3
  • IBM/Spectrum Protect Serverllm-fuzzy2 versions
    7.1, 7.2+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: 7.1, 7.2
    • (no CPE)range: 7.1

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