Information disclosure in BOSH System Metrics Server - CVE-2020-5422

 

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

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

External References

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