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CVE-2016-8937

N/A
Published: October 5, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:55 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorTivoli Storage ManagerSpectrum Protect

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

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.

Remediation

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Patch and advisory references

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22007935
x_refsource_MISCVDB EntryVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118750

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287

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