Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator (LXCO) Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities - Lenovo Support NL

**Lenovo Security Advisory:**LEN-49884

**Potential Impact:**Information disclosure

**Severity:**Medium

**Scope of Impact:**Lenovo-specific

**CVE Identifier:**CVE-2020-8356, CVE-2021-3417

Summary Description:

The following vulnerabilities were found in Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator (LXCO).

CVE-2020-8356: An internal product security audit of LXCO discovered that optional passwords, if specified, for the Syslog and SMTP forwarders are written to an internal LXCO log file in clear text. 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.

CVE-2021-3417: An internal product security audit of LXCO 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.

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

Update to Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator (LXCO) version 1.2.2 or higher.

References:

LXCO 1.2.2 Fix Bundle: <https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/in/en/downloads/ds548879&gt;

LXCO Updates: <https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht509976-lenovo-xclarity-orchestrator&gt;

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