Bug 1727766 (CVE-2019-13313)

Summary:	CVE-2019-13313 Libosinfo: osinfo-install-script option leaks password via command line argument
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	berrange, cfergeau, fidencio, nobody+zeenix, vbudikov
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in libosinfo, version 1.5.0, where the script for automated guest installations, 'osinfo-install-script', accepts user and admin passwords via command line arguments. This could allow guest passwords to leak to other system users via a process listing.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2019-11-06 00:53:04 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1727767, 1727768, 1727842, 1727843
Bug Blocks:	1727769, 1727818

Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-07-08 06:45:27 UTC

libosinfo 1.5.0 allows local users to discover credentials by listing a process, because credentials are passed to osinfo-install-script via the command line.

Reference:
https://gitlab.com/libosinfo/libosinfo/-/tags
https://gitlab.com/libosinfo/libosinfo/blob/master/NEWS
https://libosinfo.org/download/
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libosinfo/2019-July/msg00026.html

Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-07-08 06:45:44 UTC

Created libosinfo tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1727767]


Created mingw-libosinfo tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1727768]

Comment 2 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-07-08 07:49:30 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: Fabiano Fidêncio (Red Hat)

Comment 4 Prasad Pandit 2019-07-09 05:00:09 UTC

External References:

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/08/3

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2019-11-05 20:43:53 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2019:3387 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3387

Comment 6 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-11-06 00:53:04 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-13313

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2020-03-31 19:16:16 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2020:1051 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1051