Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in GSKit affect IBM SPSS Modeler (CVE-2018-1447)

Summary

Vulnerabilities were discovered in GSKit. IBM SPSS Modeler uses GSKit and addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1447 DESCRIPTION: The GSKit CMS KDB logic fails to salt the hash function resulting in weaker than expected protection of passwords. A weak password may be recovered. Note: After update the customer should change password to ensure the new password is stored more securely. Products should encourage customers to take this step as a high priority action.
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139972&gt; 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

IBM SPSS Modeler 16 FP2 IF021 and earlier

IBM SPSS Modeler 17 FP1 IF034 and earlier

IBM SPSS Modeler 17.1 IF031 and earlier

IBM SPSS Modeler 18.0 FP1 IF039 and earlier

IBM SPSS Modeler 18.1 IF012 and earlier

IBM SPSS Modeler 18.1.1 IF005 and earlier

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| APAR| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
IBM SPSS Modeler| 16.0.0.2| PI93549| SPSS Modeler 16.0 Fix Pack 2 Interim Fix 021
IBM SPSS Modeler| 17.0.0.1| PI93549| SPSS Modeler 17.0 Fix Pack 1 Interim Fix 034
IBM SPSS Modeler| 17.1.0.0| PI93549| SPSS Modeler 17.1 Interim Fix 031
IBM SPSS Modeler| 18.0.0.1| PI93549| SPSS Modeler 18.0 Fix Pack1 Interim Fix 039
IBM SPSS Modeler| 18.1.0.0| PI93549| SPSS Modeler 18.1 Interim Fix 012
IBM SPSS Modeler| 18.1.1.0| PI93549| SPSS Modeler 18.1 Interim Fix 005

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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