Information disclosure in BOSH System Metrics Server - CVE-2020-5422
Published: October 2, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU47272
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5422
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software exposes the UAA password as a flag to a process running on the BOSH director. A remote authenticated attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
Affected software
BOSH System Metrics Server
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2020-5422
Install updates from vendor's website.
BOSH System Metrics Server - update to 0.1.0
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - addressed in versions 2.6.27, 2.7.22, 2.8.12, 2.9.9, 2.10.1
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - addressed in versions 2.6.27, 2.7.22, 2.8.12, 2.9.9, 2.10.1