CVE-2016-5927

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2016-5927 · Published 12/09/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-5927 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting tivoli storage manager for space management (ibm).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.32%, higher than 24.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
tivoli storage manager for space management ibm	`= 6.3.0= 6.3.2= 6.4.0= 6.4.0.0= 6.4.1= 6.4.2= 6.4.3= 7.1.0= 7.1.1= 7.1.2= 7.1.3= 7.1.4`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss · Vendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/92723

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

tivoli storage manager for space management

ibm

= 6.3.0= 6.3.2= 6.4.0= 6.4.0.0= 6.4.1= 6.4.2= 6.4.3= 7.1.0= 7.1.1= 7.1.2= 7.1.3= 7.1.4

No fix yet

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