CVE-2016-8937

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductIbm Tivoli Storage Manager
PublishedOct 5, 2017
First seenOct 5, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
ibm tivoli_storage_manager6.1, 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.4, 6.1.5, 6.1.5.4, 6.1.5.5, 6.1.5.6, 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4, 6.3, 6.3.0.5, 6.3.0.15, 6.3.0.17, 6.3.1, 6.3.1.2, 6.3.2.2, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 6.3.5, 6.3.5.1, 6.3.6, 6.3.6.100, 6.4.1, 6.4.1.0, 6.4.2, 6.4.2.100, 6.4.2.200, 6.4.2.500, 6.4.2.600, 6.4.3, 6.4.3.1, 7.1, 7.1..5.100, 7.1.0.1, 7.1.0.2, 7.1.0.3, 7.1.1, 7.1.1.1, 7.1.1.2, 7.1.1.100, 7.1.1.200, 7.1.1.300, 7.1.3, 7.1.3.000, 7.1.3.1, 7.1.3.2, 7.1.3.100, 7.1.4, 7.1.4.1, 7.1.4.2, 7.1.5, 7.1.5.200, 7.1.6, 7.1.7, 7.1.7.100, 7.1.7.200, 8.1.0, 8.1.1, 8.1.1.100—

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