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.
Analysis
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||
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| IBM | Spectrum Protect | affected |
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
 EUVD |
EUVD-2016-9762 | 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. |
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History
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-16T16:53:53.088Z
Reserved: 2016-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-8937
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-10-05T17:29:00.217
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2016-8937
Redhat
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