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Security Bulletin: Password disclosure via application trace affects IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning (CVE-2018-1987)

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Summary

If tracing is activated, IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Enterprise Resource Planning may display the IBM Spectrum Protect node password in plain text in the trace file.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1987
DESCRIPTION: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Enterprise Resource Planning, if tracing is activated, the IBM Spectrum Protect node password may be displayed in plain text in the ERP trace file.
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/154280 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

The following levels of IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Enterprise Resource Planning are affected:
  • 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.6.0 - Data Protection for SAP HANA
    8.1.0.0 through 8.1.4.0 - Data Protection for SAP for Db2 and Data Protection for SAP for Oracle
  • 7.1.3.0 through 7.1.3.1  - Data Protection for SAP HANA, Db2, and Oracle.

Remediation/Fixes

Data Protection for SAP HANA Release First Fixing
VRMF Level		 Platform Link to Fix
            8.1 8.1.6.1 Linux
 		 https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10879355
           7.1 7.1.3.2 Linux https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10960113
Data Protection for SAP for Db2 and Oracle Release First Fixing
VRMF Level		 Platform Link to Fix
            8.1 8.1.4.1 AIX
Linux
Solaris
Windows		 https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10888223
           7.1 7.1.3.2 AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows

Workarounds and Mitigations

Tracing is disabled by default. It is normally enabled only when directed by IBM support to troubleshoot an issue.

To minimize exposure to this vulnerability, disable tracing unless required and delete trace files that are no longer needed.

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

31 July 2019 - original version published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Internal Use Only

Advisory 14253 Record 127283

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
31 July 2019

UID

ibm10883782

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