IBM Spectrum Protect Client Instrumentation Log Credentials Disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 100157

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Synopsis

A client application installed on the remote host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The version of IBM Spectrum Protect Client installed on the remote host is 5.5.x or 6.x prior to 6.4.3.5 or else 7.1.x prior to 7.1.6.5.
It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability when using the 'set password' client command due to the full text of the command and the included password being written to the instrumentation log file. This issue occurs when instrumentation tracing is enabled. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to disclose credentials.

Note that for version 7.1.6.0 and higher, instrumentation tracing is enabled by default, but it can be disabled by using the 'ENABLEINSTRUMENTATION NO' setting. Prior to 7.1.6.0, instrumentation tracing was enabled by using the 'INSTRUMENT:*' testflag.

IBM Spectrum Protect was formerly known as IBM Tivoli Storage Manager in releases prior to version 7.1.3.

Solution

Upgrade to IBM Spectrum Protect Client version 6.4.3.5 / 7.1.6.5 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 100157

File Name: tivoli_storage_manager_client_7165.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 5/12/2017

Updated: 2/18/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8916

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_client

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Tivoli Storage Manager Client

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8916

BID: 98335

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