CVE-2016-8937

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.

• CWE-287

• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22007935Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118750VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22007935Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118750VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory

Published

Oct 5, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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