CVE-2020-8356
MEDIUMDescription
An internal product security audit of LXCO, prior to version 1.2.2, 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.
How to fix
Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 42% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-12710 | High | 8.0 | 77% | - | - |
| CVE-2024-25735 | Critical | 9.1 | 51% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2019-3993 | High | 7.5 | 46% | - | - |
| CVE-2017-5259 | High | 8.8 | 39% | - | - |
| CVE-2016-5649 | Critical | 9.8 | 27% | - | - |
| CVE-2021-39341 | High | 8.2 | 23% | - | - |
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