# CVE-2017-1339: Weak cryptography in Spectrum Protect

> Weak encryption allows database administrators to decrypt client or administrator passwords, leading to information disclosure or denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Oct 2017
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rqx2-5vfv-6xgq

## What is CVE-2017-1339?

CVE-2017-1339 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect, published on 5 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Server uses weak encryption for the password. A database administrator may be able to decrypt the IBM Spectrum protect client or administrator password which can result in information disclosure or a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 126247.

Weakness: CWE-327 (Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1339?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-1339?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1339 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-1339 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1339 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect

- [CVE-2009-3854](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3854/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-1178](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1178/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-4563](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4563/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-5855](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5855/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2016-8937](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8937/): Information disclosure in Spectrum Protect (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-1339 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-1339 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect, published on 5 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1339 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Spectrum Protect. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1339/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1339/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1339
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1339
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1339

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