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Security Bulletin: PowerVC is impacted by information leakage from nova APIs during external exception (CVE-2019-14433)

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Summary

If an API request from an authenticated user ends in a fault condition due to an external exception, details of the underlying environment may be leaked in the response and could include sensitive configuration or other data.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-14433
DESCRIPTION:   OpenStack Compute (nova) could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper exception handling. By sending a specially-crafted API request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/164987 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM PowerVC Standard1.4.2
IBM PowerVC Standard1.4.3
IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager1.4.2
IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager1.4.3

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

11 Mar 2020: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
12 March 2020

Initial Publish date:
11 March 2020

UID

ibm15695557