CVE-2020-5422: UAA password may appear in Operations Manager process arguments
Severity
High
Vendor
VMware Tanzu
Description
Operations Manager, all versions prior to 2.7.22, 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.12, 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.9, and 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.1, contained a version of BOSH System Metrics Server that exposed the UAA password as a flag to a process running on the BOSH director. It exposed the password to any user or process with access to the same VM (through ps or looking at process details).
Affected VMware Products and Versions
Severity is high unless otherwise noted.
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Operations Manager
- All versions prior to 2.7.22
- 2.8 versions prior to 2.8.12
- 2.9 versions prior to 2.9.9
- 2.10 versions prior to 2.10.1
Mitigation
Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation or upgrade. Releases that have fixed this issue include:
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Operations Manager
- 2.7.22
- 2.8.12
- 2.9.9
- 2.10.1
References
History
2020-10-01: Initial vulnerability report published.