CVE-2021-3417 Information disclosure in XClarity Orchestrator
Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator logs encoded credentials to FFDC files, potentially exposing sensitive data to privileged users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-3417?
CVE-2021-3417 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator, published on 9 Mar 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An internal product security audit of LXCO, prior to version 1.2.2, discovered that credentials for Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA), if added as a Resource Manager, are encoded then written to an internal LXCO log file each time a session is established with LXCA. Affected logs are captured in the First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) service log. The FFDC service log is only generated when requested by a privileged LXCO user and it is only accessible to the privileged LXCO user that requested the file.
Weakness: CWE-319
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-3417?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Lenovo Xclarity Orchestrator.
How do I fix CVE-2021-3417?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-3417 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-3417 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-3417 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f2gj-pfpv-hh8v.