Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) Vulnerability - Lenovo Support US

Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-29942

Potential Impact: Information disclosure

Severity: High

Scope of Impact: Lenovo-specific

CVE Identifier: CVE-2019-19756

Summary Description:

An internal product security audit of Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) discovered Windows OS credentials, used to perform driver updates of managed systems, being written to a log file in clear text. This only affects LXCA version 2.6.0 when performing a Windows driver update. Affected logs are only accessible to authorized users in the First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) service log and log files on LXCA.

Mitigation Strategy for Customers (what you should do to protect yourself):

Update your LXCA installation to version 2.6.12 or later.

Installation note: You will need to update to LXCA 2.6.0 before installing the latest fix bundle (v 2.6.12).

References:

LXCA 2.6.12 Fix Bundle: <https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/HT509677&gt;

LXCA Updates: <https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/lnvo-lxcaupd&gt;

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