CVE-2015-6557: IBM Tivoli Storage Flashcopy Manager

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases: Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server 5.5 before 5.5.6.1, 6.3 before 6.3.1.5, 6.4 before 6.4.1.7, and 7.1 before 7.1.2; Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail: Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 before 5.5.1.1, 6.1 before 6.1.3.7, 6.3 before 6.3.1.5, 6.4 before 6.4.1.7, and 7.1 before 7.1.2; and Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager 3.1 before 3.1.1.5, 3.2 before 3.2.1.7, and 4.1 before 4.1.2, when application tracing is used, place cleartext passwords in exception messages, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading trace output, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4949.

Affected products

• IBM Tivoli Storage Flashcopy Manager: version 3.1.0 only; version 3.1.1 only; version 3.2.0 only; version 3.2.1 only; version 4.1.0 only; version 4.1.1 only
• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager For Databases Data Protection For Microsoft SQL Server: version 5.5 only; version 5.5.1 only; version 5.5.2 only; version 5.5.3 only; version 5.5.4 only; version 5.5.5 only; …
• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager For Mail Data Protection For Microsoft Exchange Server: version 5.5 only; version 5.5.1 only; version 6.1 only; version 6.1.1 only; version 6.1.2 only; version 6.1.3 only; …

Published 2015-08-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.