CWE-497: Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

Summary

Brocade SANnav before SANnav 2.4.0a logs passwords and pbe keys in the Brocade SANnav server audit logs after installation and under specific conditions. These audit logs are the local server VM’s audit logs and are not controlled by SANnav. These logs are only visible to the server admin of the host server and are not visible to the SANnav admin or any SANnav user.

Description

Brocade PSIRT has identified several conditions.

1. After Brocade SANnav installation, scp/sftp & security passwords, database passwords, are logged in the system audit logs.
2. Brocade SANnav also stores DB passwords in the audit logs while changing DB passwords.
3. When Setting Up Disaster Recovery between two SANnav servers with VM, Bare Metal (new), and OVA deployments, the PBE key is logged in the  Brocade SANnav servers audit logs for both the Primary Node and the Standby Node.

Products Affected

• Brocade SANnav versions before 2.4.0a  (both  SANnav standard deployments and Brocade SANnav base OS (OVA deployment))

Products Confirmed Not Affected

• Brocade Fabric OS 
• Brocade ASCG

Solution

• Security update provided in Brocade SANnav 2.4.0a

Credit

• This vulnerability was discovered during internal testing

Revision History

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