CVE-2016-8937

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    CVE-2016-8937

    Published: 5 Oct 2017Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: , https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118750, http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22007935

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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