Security Bulletin: Password Disclosure via application tracing in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management (CVE-2016-5927)

Summary IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management may display the Tivoli Storage Manager password when application tracing is enabled. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-5927 DESCRIPTION: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management displays t...

CVE-2016-5927

CVE-2016-5927 affects IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management (Spectrum Protect for Space Management) versions 6.3.x before 6.3.2.6, 6.4.x before 6.4.3.3, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6. The root cause is that enabling application tracing for the dsmsetpw command can cause the trace output to rev...

CVE-2016-5927

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management aka Spectrum Protect for Space Management 6.3.x before 6.3.2.6, 6.4.x before 6.4.3.3, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6, when certain dsmsetpw tracing is configured, allows local users to discover an encrypted password by reading application-trace output...