Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM GSKit affect IBM Personal Communications

Summary

GSKit is an IBM component that is used by IBM Personal Communications. GSKit that is shipped with IBM Personal Communications contains security vulnerability. IBM Personal Communications has addressed the same.

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/139972for 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 Personal Communications 12.0, 12.0.0.1, 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.3

Remediation/Fixes

Product

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VRMF

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Remediation

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IBM Personal Communications

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12.0

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Upgrade to Personal Communications 12.0.4

IBM Personal Communications

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12.0.0.1

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Upgrade to Personal Communications 12.0.4

IBM Personal Communications

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12.0.1.0

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Upgrade to Personal Communications 12.0.4

IBM Personal Communications

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12.0.2.0

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Upgrade to Personal Communications 12.0.4

IBM Personal Communications

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12.0.3.0

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Upgrade to Personal Communications 12.0.4

Workarounds and Mitigations

None