Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) Vulnerabilities

Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) Vulnerabilities

Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) Vulnerabilities

Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-98715

Potential Impact: Unauthorized Access, Denial of Service, Code Injection

Severity: High

Scope of Impact: Lenovo-specific

CVE Identifier: CVE-2023-3113, CVE-2023-34418, CVE-2023-34420, CVE-2023-34421, CVE-2023-34422

 

Summary Description:

The following vulnerabilities were discovered during an internal security review:

CVE-2023-3113: An unauthenticated XML external entity injection (XXE) vulnerability exists in LXCA's Common Information Model (CIM) server that could result in read-only access to specific files.

CVE-2023-34418: A valid, authenticated LXCA user may be able to gain unauthorized access to events and other data stored in LXCA due to a SQL injection vulnerability in a specific web API.

CVE-2023-34420: A valid, authenticated LXCA user with elevated privileges may be able to execute command injections through crafted calls to a specific web API. 

CVE-2023-34421: A valid, authenticated LXCA user with elevated privileges may be able to replace filesystem data through a specifically crafted web API call due to insufficient input validation.

CVE-2023-34422: A valid, authenticated LXCA user with elevated privileges may be able to delete folders in the LXCA filesystem through a specifically crafted web API call due to insufficient input validation.

 

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

Restrict LXCA access to trusted users.

Update LXCA to version 4.0 or later.

 

Product Impact:

To download the version specified for your product below, follow these steps:

Navigate to the Drivers & Software support site for your product:

  1. Search for your product by name or machine type.
  2. Click Drivers & Software on the left menu panel.
  3. Click on Manual Update to browse by Component type.
  4. Compare the minimum fix version for your product from the applicable product table below with the latest version posted on the support site.

Lenovo also offers tools to assist with update management as an alternative to the manual steps described above. Refer to the following for additional help:

PC Products and Software: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht504759

Server and Enterprise Software: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/lnvo-lxcaupd and https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/lnvo-center

 

Revision History:

Revision Date Description
2 2023-06-16 Updated Product Links
1 2023-06-13 Initial release

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Product Impact:

Product Component Minimum Fixed Version
Lenovo XClarity Administrator Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) LXCA v4.0
Lenovo XClarity Administrator Lenovo XClarity Administrator Virtual Appliance Full Image (For KVM) LXCA v4.0
Lenovo XClarity Administrator Lenovo XClarity Administrator Virtual Appliance Full Image (For VMWare) LXCA v4.0
Lenovo XClarity Administrator Lenovo XClarity Administrator Virtual Appliance Full Image (For Windows) LXCA v4.0

Alias Id:LEN-98715
Document ID:PS500564
Original Publish Date:06/13/2023
Last Modified Date:06/16/2023