Security Advisory 2021-05
Summary | Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information (CVE-2021-31816) |
Advisory Number | 2021-05 |
Discovery Date | 14 May 2021 |
Patch Release Date | 10 Jun 2021 |
Advisory Release Date | 08 Jul 2021 |
Product | Octopus Server |
Operating System | Windows |
Severity | Medium |
CVE ID | CVE-2021-31816 |
Customers who have downloaded and installed any of the Octopus Server versions listed below ("Details") are affected.
Please upgrade your Octopus Server immediately to fix this vulnerability.
Customers who have upgraded Octopus Server to version 2021.1.7316 or higher are not affected.
Severity
Octopus Deploy has given this vulnerability a medium rating. This rating was given according to the Octopus Deploy severity levels, which ranks vulnerabilities as critical, high, medium, or low severity.
This is our assessment and you should evaluate its applicability to your own environment.
Details
When configuring Octopus Server if it is configured with an external SQL database, on initial configuration the database password is written to the OctopusServer.txt log file in plaintext.
The versions of Octopus Server affected by this vulnerability are:
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All 0.x.x, 1.x.x, 2.x.x, 3.x.x, 4.x.x versions
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All 2018.x.x, 2019.x.x, 2020.1.x, 2020.2.x, 2020.3.x, 2020.4.x, 2020.5.x versions
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All 2020.6.x versions before 2020.6.5146
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All 2021.1.x versions before 2021.1.7316
Fix
To address this vulnerability, we have released Octopus Deploy versions:
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2020.6.5146
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2021.1.7316
The latest versions of Octopus Deploy products can be downloaded from https://octopus.com/downloads and previous versions can be downloaded from https://octopus.com/downloads/previous
What You Need to Do
Octopus Deploy recommends that you upgrade to the latest version (2021.1.7316). You can download the latest version of Octopus Server from https://octopus.com/downloads
If you can't upgrade to the latest version (2021.1.7316):
If you have feature version... | ...then upgrade to this version |
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2018.x.x, 2019.x.x, 2020.1.x, 2020.2.x, 2020.3.x, 2020.4.x, 2020.5.x | 2020.6.5146 or greater |
2020.6.x | 2020.6.5146 or greater |
2021.1.x | 2021.1.7316 or greater |
Mitigation
If you are unable to patch your Octopus Server installations you can effectively mitigate this vulnerability by deleting the Octopus Server log file post installation or reconfiguration of the Octopus Server. The log file is located in the following directory by default:
1C:\Octopus\Logs
Support
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this advisory, please contact our support team https://octopus.com/support.
Exploitation and Public Announcements
The Octopus Deploy security team is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.
Source
This vulnerability was found by Octopus Deploy Engineering.