Information disclosure in IBM Spectrum Protect

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU8672

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1339

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The weakness exists due to use of weak encryption for the password. A database administrator can decrypt the client or administrator password to disclose important data or cause DoS condition on the target system.

Mitigation

Update 7.1.x to version 7.1.8.
Update 8.1.x to version 8.1.2/8.1.3 (Although the issue has been fixed in 8.1.2, IBM recommends to upgrade to 8.1.3).

Vulnerable software versions

Spectrum Protect Server: 6.3 - 8.1.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:spectrum_protect_server:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:spectrum_protect_server:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:spectrum_protect_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22007936

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.