title: Junos Space Service Now and Service Insight: Organization username and password stored in plaintext in log files.
description: A password management issue exists where the Organization authentication username and password were stored in plaintext in log files. A locally authenticated attacker who is able to access these stored plaintext credentials can use them to login to the Organization. Affected products are: Juniper Networks Service Insight versions from 15.1R1, prior to 18.1R1. Service Now versions from 15.1R1, prior to 18.1R1.
problem types: CWE-256 Unprotected Storage of Credentials
affected:
{
product: Service Insight
vendor: Juniper Networks
versions:
lessThan: unspecified, status: affected, version: 15.1R1, versionType: custom
lessThan: 18.1R1, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
}
{
product: Service Now
vendor: Juniper Networks
versions:
lessThan: unspecified, status: affected, version: 15.1R1, versionType: custom
lessThan: 18.1R1, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_0: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: LOCAL
availabilityImpact: NONE
baseScore: 6.5
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: NONE
privilegesRequired: LOW
scope: CHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
version: 3.0
]
exploits: Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.
solutions: The following Junos Space Service Now and Service Insight releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue:
18.1R1, and all subsequent releases.
These releases of Service Now and Service Insight require at least version 18.4R1 of Junos Space.
No action is needed to resolve this issue other than upgrading.
Existing log files will roll over as more actions are logged.
To clear log files manually, login to the server as admin and issue the following commands:
[root@space ~]# cd /var/log/jboss/servers/server1/
[root@space server1]#
[root@space server1]# ls serviceNow.log*
Should result in output similar to:
serviceNow.log    serviceNow.log.10  serviceNow.log.12  serviceNow.log.14  serviceNow.log.2  serviceNow.log.4  serviceNow.log.6  serviceNow.log.8 serviceNow.log.1  serviceNow.log.11  serviceNow.log.13  serviceNow.log.15  serviceNow.log.3  serviceNow.log.5  serviceNow.log.7  serviceNow.log.9
Next,
[root@space server1]# >> serviceNow.log
[root@space server1]# rm serviceNow.log.*
If you wish to change the Organization password as a result of this advisory, you must contact JTAC for assistance to properly update the Organization.
workarounds: There are no workarounds for this issue.
To reduce the risk of exploitation of this issue use access lists or firewall filters to limit access to the device(s) via all means to only trusted administrative networks, hosts and users.