IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1/7.2 GSKit credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1/7.2. This affects an unknown part of the component GSKit. Executing a manipulation can lead to credentials management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-1447. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1/7.2 (Backup Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component GSKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-255. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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 bug was discovered 03/29/2018. The weakness was published 04/04/2018 by OSS-Fuzz (Website). The advisory is available at ibm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-1447 since 12/13/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/27/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 87335 (IBM HTTP Server Multiple Vulnerabilities(swg22015347)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 95814†). Similar entries are available at VDB-81145, VDB-90006, VDB-93151 and VDB-96038. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: Partially
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01/26/2017 🔍
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04/05/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/27/2023 +1789 days 🔍

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Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Researcher: OSS-Fuzz
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-1447 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-1447
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-115810
X-Force: 139972
SecurityFocus: 95814 - OpenSSL CVE-2017-3732 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1041012

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/05/2018 10:31
Updated: 02/27/2023 07:13
Changes: 04/05/2018 10:31 (64), 01/22/2020 10:13 (5), 02/09/2021 06:42 (4), 02/09/2021 06:46 (1), 02/27/2023 07:13 (12)
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