If tracing is activated, IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Enterprise Resource Planning may display the IBM Spectrum Protect node password in plain text in the trace file.
CVEID: CVE-2018-1987 DESCRIPTION: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Enterprise Resource Planning, if tracing is activated, the IBM Spectrum Protect node password may be displayed in plain text in the ERP trace file.
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/154280> 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)
The following levels of IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Enterprise Resource Planning are affected:
Data Protection for SAP HANA Release | First Fixing
VRMF Level | Platform | Link to Fix
—|—|—|—
8.1 | 8.1.6.1 | Linux
| <https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10879355>
7.1 | 7.1.3.2 | Linux | <https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10960113>
Data Protection for SAP for Db2 and Oracle Release | First Fixing
VRMF Level | Platform | Link to Fix
—|—|—|—
8.1 | 8.1.4.1 | AIX
Linux
Solaris
Windows | <https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10888223>
7.1 | 7.1.3.2 | AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows |
<https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10960113>
Tracing is disabled by default. It is normally enabled only when directed by IBM support to troubleshoot an issue.
To minimize exposure to this vulnerability, disable tracing unless required and delete trace files that are no longer needed.